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System and method of authorizing execution of software code based on at least one installed profile

US9672350B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

13References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Dallas B. De Atley · San Francisco, US
Heiko Gernot Albert Panther · Berlin, DE
Mitchell D. Adler · Cupertino, US
Simon P. Cooper · Cupertino, US
Michael Brouwer · San Jose, US
Matt Reda · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2009
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

Embodiments include systems and methods for authorizing software code to be executed or access capabilities in secure operating environments. Profiles may be issued by trusted entities to extend trust to other entities to allow those other entities to provide or control execution of applications in a secure operating environment such as on particular computing devices. The profiles allow entities to add software code to the device without reauthorizing each distribution by a trusted authority such as testing, quality assurance, or to limited groups of devices controlled or authorized by the other entities.

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