Computing device
OwnerKeicy Chunginventor
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Abstract
A computing device includes a first processor; a second processor; a network interface communicably coupling the first and second processors to a network; an interface bus communicably coupling the first processor to the second processor; a first interface communicably coupling the second processor to the interface bus; a second interface communicably coupling the second processor to the interface bus, the second interface being separate from the first interface, wherein the second interface is configured to provide the second processor with management functionality over one or more hardware components of the computing device; and storage means communicably coupled to the second processor, wherein the second processor regulates access of the first processor to the storage means.
Claims19
A computing device comprising:
- a computer processor;
- a system management processor:
- a system management interface communicably coupling the computer processor, the system management processor, and one or more hardware components of the computing device, wherein the system management interface is configured to provide the system management processor with management functionality over the computer processor and the one or more hardware components of the computing device, said management functionality being independent of an operating system running on the computer processor;
- a network interface communicably coupling the system management processor to a network, wherein the system management processor regulates access of the computer processor to the network interface;
- storage means communicably coupled to the system management processor, wherein the system management processor regulates access of the computer processor to the storage means;
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- an encryption module communicably coupled to the system management processor, wherein the system management processor regulates access of the computer processor to the encryption module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.