Patent · US Active

Spoofing CPUID for backwards compatibility

US11068291B2 · kind B2 · utility

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39Claims

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Assignee

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. · JP

Inventors

Mark Evan Cerny · Los Angeles, US
Simon Pilgrim · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2017
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 24, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/5055
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To facilitate backwards compatibility, a computing device may respond to a call from an application for information regarding a processor on the computing device by returning information regarding a different processor than the processor on the computing device.

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