Systems and methods for enhancing mobile device security with a processor trusted zone
AssigneeOptio Labs, Inc.
InventorsThomas Charles Clancy, III, Christopher Jules White
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Abstract
Methods and systems described herein relate to enhancing security on a mobile device. A method for enhancing mobile device security includes providing a trusted zone of a processor, and configuring various items in the trusted zone. Such items may include a specialized debugging interface; a remote auditing tool; an inter-process communication mechanism; a secure daemon; a package manager; a virtual machine, a configuration function, a device management system, touch screen management software, and a geo-localization function.
Claims21
A method for enhancing mobile device security, the method comprising:
- providing a trusted zone of a processor;
- and
- configuring at least one of the following in the trusted zone of a processor to facilitate enhanced mobile device security:
- a specialized debugging interface;
- a remote auditing tool;
- an inter-process communication mechanism;
- a secure daemon;
- a package manager;
- a virtual machine;
- a configuration function;
- a device management system;
- a touch screen software;
- and
- a geo-localization function.
A system for enforcing security of a mobile device, comprising:
- a processor enabled to provide
- a trusted zone enabled to execute a trusted application and a trusted inter-process communication bus, and
- an application zone enabled to execute an application and inter-process communication bus;
- and
- a hardware bus enabled to communicate with the inter-process communication bus and the trusted inter-process communication bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.