Patent · US Active

Processing device

US9588776B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Bernard Smeets · Dalby, SE
Patrik Ekdahl · Dalby, SE

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 2011
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2137
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a processing device comprising a secured execution environment comprising means for bringing the processing device into a predetermined operational state; and a timer; a communication interface for data communication between the processing device and a remote device management system external to the processing device; wherein the secured execution environment is configured, responsive to an expiry of the timer, to bring the processing device into said predetermined operational state; and responsive to a receipt, from the remote device management system via said communications interface, of a predetermined signal, to restart the timer.

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