Patents by Inventor Steven A. Blade

Steven A. Blade 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUALIZATION OF TRUSTED PLATFORM MODULES
    Publication number: 20090327700
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product is presented for virtualizing trusted platform modules within a data processing system. A virtual trusted platform module along with a virtual endorsement key is created within a physical trusted platform module within the data processing system using a platform signing key of the physical trusted platform module, thereby providing a transitive trust relationship between the virtual trusted platform module and the core root of trust for the trusted platform. The virtual trusted platform module can be uniquely associated with a partition in a partitionable runtime environment within the data processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Steven A. Blade, Linda Nancy Betz, Andrew Gregory Kegel, Michael J. Kelly, William Lee Terrell