Patent №
US 7,565,641
Granted
2009-07-21
Filed 2005
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11165363
The present invention is directed to a system and method of securely providing extensible third-party plug-ins to user computers. The system enables third-parties to authenticate themselves to user computers before a user computer is allowed to load the plug-ins. The system also creates separate processes that are spawned from a main process in order to securely execute the third-party plug-ins. Security is further enhanced by assigning a privilege level to the separate process that is lower than the main process.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 171920371
Assignors
LAWRENCE, MARK, MAXA, FELIX, CHEN, MARILYN, STOKES, MICHAEL, MAXA, ADRIAN F
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.