Patents by Inventor Willard M. (Monty) Wiseman

Willard M. (Monty) Wiseman 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).

  • Methods And Apparatus For Creating An Isolated Partition For A Virtual Trusted Platform Module
    Publication number: 20120030676
    Abstract: A data processing system isolates a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) manager in the processing system from other management software in the processing system. In one example process, the processing system launches a virtual machine monitor (VMM) that includes a memory-mapped input/output (MMIO) trap. The processing system also launches a vTPM manager in a first virtual machine (VM). In addition, the processing system launches a second VM to contain virtual machine management programs other than the vTPM manager and the MMIO trap. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Willard M.(Monty) Wiseman, Faraz A. Siddioi, Tasneem Brutch, Vincent R. Scarlata, Alok Kumar, Kalpana M. Roge, Murari Kumar
  • Methods and apparatus for creating an isolated partition for a virtual trusted platform module
    Patent number: 8060876
    Abstract: A data processing system isolates a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) manager in the processing system from other management software in the processing system. In one example process, the processing system launches a virtual machine monitor (VMM) that includes a memory-mapped input/output (MMIO) trap. The processing system also launches a vTPM manager in a first virtual machine (VM). In addition, the processing system launches a second VM to contain virtual machine management programs other than the vTPM manager and the MMIO trap. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Willard M. (Monty) Wiseman, Faraz A. Siddiqi, Tasneem Brutch, Vincent R. Scarlata, Alok Kumar, Kalpana M. Roge, Murari Kumar