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Accessing private data about the state of a data processing machine from storage that is publicly accessible

US9087000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Scott H. Robinson · Portland, US
Gustavo P. Espinosa · Portland, US
Steven M. Bennett · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Jul 21, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/78
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the invention, a method for operating a data processing machine is described in which data about a state of the machine is written to a location in storage. The location is one that is accessible to software that may be written for the machine. The state data as written is encoded. This state data may be recovered from the storage according to a decoding process. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

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