Patent №
US 7,206,933
Granted
2007-04-17
Filed 2001
Owner
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Lab
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AI components
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nlp
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09901212
A computer system includes a peripheral device and a processing unit. The processing unit is adapted to execute a driver for interfacing with the peripheral device in a standard mode of operation and an authentication agent in a privileged mode of operation, wherein the authentication agent includes program instructions adapted to authenticate the driver. The peripheral device may comprise a communications device, such as a software modem. A method for identifying security violations in a computer system includes executing a driver in a standard processing mode of a processing unit; transitioning the processing unit into a privileged processing mode; and authenticating the driver in the privileged processing mode. The driver may be adapted for interfacing with a communications peripheral device, such as a software modem.
AI classification
Ownership
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
assignment · 120120960
Assignors
STRONGIN, GEOFFREY S., SMITH, DAVID W., BARNES, BRIAN C., COLE, TERRY L., SCHMIDT, RODNEY, BARCLAY, MICHAEL
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.