Patents by Inventor Ron Story

Ron Story has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11222119
    Abstract: Technologies for secure native code invocation include a computing device having an operating system and a firmware environment. The operating system executes a firmware method in an operating system context using a virtual machine. In response to invoking the firmware method, the operating system invokes a callback to a bridge driver in the operating system context. In response to the callback, the bridge driver invokes a firmware runtime service in the operating system context. The firmware environment executes a native code handler in the operating system context in response to invoking the firmware runtime service. The native code handler may be executed in a de-privileged container. The firmware method may process results data stored in a firmware mailbox by the native code handler, which may include accessing a hardware resource using a firmware operation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sarathy Jayakumar, Mohan J. Kumar, Ron Story, Mahesh Natu
  • Publication number: 20190251264
    Abstract: Technologies for secure native code invocation include a computing device having an operating system and a firmware environment. The operating system executes a firmware method in an operating system context using a virtual machine. In response to invoking the firmware method, the operating system invokes a callback to a bridge driver in the operating system context. In response to the callback, the bridge driver invokes a firmware runtime service in the operating system context. The firmware environment executes a native code handler in the operating system context in response to invoking the firmware runtime service. The native code handler may be executed in a de-privileged container. The firmware method may process results data stored in a firmware mailbox by the native code handler, which may include accessing a hardware resource using a firmware operation region. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Sarathy Jayakumar, Mohan J. Kumar, Ron Story, Mahesh Natu