Authentication for resume boot path
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJiewen Yao, Ned McArthur Smith, Vincent J. Zimmer, Qin Long
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Abstract
Methods and systems to perform an authentication operation after resuming from a sleep state are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes starting a boot process from a sleep state. The method further includes providing platform services to support an authentication operation as part of the boot process and determining whether to complete the boot process based at least on results of the authentication operation.
Claims24
A method comprising
- starting a boot process from a sleep state;
- providing platform services to support an authentication operation as part of the boot process;
- and
- determining whether to complete the boot process based at least on results of the authentication operation.
A method comprising:
- swapping first content in first in a portion of a physical memory with second content in a portion of a storage drive, in response to restoring from a sleep state;
- and
- executing the second content.
An apparatus comprising:
- first logic to start a boot process from a sleep state and to provide platform services to support an authentication operation as part of the boot process;
- and
- authentication logic to perform the authentication operation to determine whether to complete the boot process based at least on results of the authentication operation.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium including data storing instructions thereon that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
- starting a boot process from a sleep state;
- providing platform services to support an authentication operation as part of the boot process;
- and
- determining whether to complete the boot process based at least on results of the authentication operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.