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US 2008/0189707 A1Published application
System and method for sharing a trusted platform module
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWael M. Ibrahim, Valiuddin Y Ali, Manuel Novoa
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Abstract
A system for sharing a trusted platform module (TPM) comprises a TPM operable to execute an operating system (OS)-level process, the TPM operable to pause the execution of the OS-level process and execute a non-OS-level process.
Claims24
A method for sharing a trusted platform module (TPM), comprising:
- pausing execution of an operating system (OS)-level process executing in a TPM;
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- executing, by the TPM, a non-OS-level process.
A system for sharing a trusted platform module (TPM), comprising:
- a TPM operable to execute an operating system (OS)-level process, the TPM operable to pause the execution of the OS-level process and execute a non-OS-level process.
A system for sharing a trusted platform module (TPM), comprising:
- means for pausing execution of an operating system (OS)-level process on a TPM means for a first entity and execute a non-OS-level process on the TPM means for a second entity requesting use of the TPM means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.