Patents by Inventor Wallace B. Hardwood, III

Wallace B. Hardwood, III 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 apparatus for performing access censorship in a data processing system
    Patent number: 6240493
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for performing access censorship in a data processing system (10). In one embodiment, a digital data processing system (10) has a sub-system (34) that can be protected against intrusions, yet is still accessible and/or alterable under certain defined conditions. In a non-volatile storage portion (48) of the data processing system (10), censorship information is stored to enable an access control mechanism. Access control information (42) to selectively disable the access control mechanism is programmably generated. Additional access control information (44) can be employed to reprogram a data processing system (10) containing access protected data in a secure mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace B. Hardwood, III, James B. Eifert, Thomas R. Toms