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Trusted language runtime on a mobile platform

US10496824B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC · US

Inventors

Himanshu Raj · Cupertino, US
Nuno Santos · Riegelsberg, DE
Paul England · Bellevue, US
Stefan Saroiu · Redmond, US
Alastair Wolman · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 24, 2011
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/53
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a trusted language runtime (TLR) architecture that provides abstractions for developing a runtime for executing trusted applications or portions thereof securely on a mobile device (e.g., a smartphone). TLR offers at least two abstractions to mobile developers: a trustbox and a trustlet. The trustbox is a runtime environment that offers code and data integrity, and confidentiality. Code and data running inside a trustbox cannot be read or modified by any code running outside the trustbox. A trustlet is the code portion of an application that runs inside a trustbox. With TLR, programmers can write applications in .NET and specify which parts of the application handle sensitive data, and thus, run inside the trustbox. With the TLR, the developer places these parts in a trustlet class, and the TLR provides all support needed to run the parts in the trustbox.

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