Protection of a program waiting to be executed in a memory used by a microprocessor

US8996874B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8996874-B2
Application numberUS-81732504-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 1, 2004
Priority dateApr 3, 2003
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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A method for authorizing an access to a table of address correspondence between a multitask CPU and at least one memory containing several programs, consisting of calculating, on each task change of the CPU, a signature of at least part of the program instruction lines, and checking the conformity of this signature with a signature recorded upon previous execution of the involved program.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method, comprising: executing, by a multitasking processor in a foreground, a first program module, the executing including accessing a table of address correspondence between the multitasking processor and a memory storing instruction lines of multiple program modules; transitioning from foreground execution of the first program module by the multitasking processor to foreground execution by the multitasking processor of another program module of the mu…

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What does patent US8996874B2 cover?
A method for authorizing an access to a table of address correspondence between a multitask CPU and at least one memory containing several programs, consisting of calculating, on each task change of the CPU, a signature of at least part of the program instruction lines, and checking the conformity of this signature with a signature recorded upon previous execution of the involved program.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Courcambeck Stéphan, Anguille Claude, St Microelectronics Sa
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F12/1475. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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