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Kirk D. Brannock
Also filed as: BRANNOCK KIRK · BRANNOCK KIRK D
36 granted patents·8 pending applications·367 citations·filing 1999–2019
97Inventor score
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44 records- 0196US7757098B2Method and apparatus for verifying authenticity of initial boot codeINTEL CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 13, 2010·66 cites·18 claims
- 0293US9223979B2Detection of return oriented programming attacksINTEL CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 29, 2015·16 cites·24 claims
- 0393US7937701B2ACPI communication between virtual machine monitor and policy virtual machine via mailboxINTEL CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 3, 2011·38 cites·4 claims
- 0489US7299463B2Method for atomically updating a plurality of filesINTEL CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 20, 2007·46 cites·27 claims
- 0586US9092632B2Platform firmware armoring technologyINTEL CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 28, 2015·8 cites·20 claims
- 0686US8028282B2System for atomically updating a plurality of filesINTEL CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 27, 2011·13 cites·18 claims
- 0786US7103641B2Method and apparatus for distributing computer platform firmware across a networkINTEL CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 5, 2006·45 cites·20 claims
- 0884US8522322B2Platform firmware armoring technologyWISHMAN ALLEN R·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 27, 2013·13 cites·25 claims
- 0982US10193858B2Attestation device custody transfer protocolMCAFEE LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 29, 2019·5 cites·16 claims
- 1082US9251348B2Detection of return oriented programming attacksINTEL CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 2, 2016·4 cites·21 claims
- 1181US9946875B2Detection of return oriented programming attacksINTEL CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 17, 2018·2 cites·19 claims
- 1281US9582663B2Detection of return oriented programming attacksINTEL CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 28, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 1378US7765392B2Method and apparatus for establishing processor as core root of trust for measurementINTEL CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 27, 2010·9 cites·15 claims
- 1477US8250374B2Method and apparatus for verifying authenticity of initial boot codeCHENG ANTONIO S·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 21, 2012·5 cites·20 claims
- 1574US7844809B2Verifying a trusted SMI handlerINTEL CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 30, 2010·6 cites·10 claims
- 1673US11199980B2Techniques to provide run-time protections using immutable regions of memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 14, 2021·1 cites·17 claims
- 1769US8839226B2System for atomically updating a plurality of filesBRANNOCK KIRK D·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 1867US10776283B2Techniques to provide a secure system management modeINTEL CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 15, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 1964US7454603B2Method and system for linking firmware modules in a pre-memory execution environmentINTEL CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 18, 2008·8 cites·15 claims
- 2062US6629192B1Method and apparatus for use of a non-volatile storage management system for PC/AT compatible system firmwareINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 30, 2003·40 cites·18 claims
- 2161US10192054B2Automatic pairing of IO devices with hardware secure elementsINTEL CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 29, 2019·1 cites·24 claims
- 2261US10146657B2Initialization trace of a computing deviceSWANSON ROBERT C·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 4, 2018·1 cites·25 claims
- 2360US7818496B2Processor system management mode cachingINTEL CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 19, 2010·2 cites·20 claims
- 2460US7392371B2Method and apparatus for using a volume top file to boot firmware modulesZIMMER VINCENT J·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 24, 2008·7 cites·31 claims
- 2559US10044696B2Simplified sensor integrityMCAFEE LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 7, 2018·1 cites·15 claims
- 2659US6785806B1Bios having macro/effector pairs for hardware initializationINTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 31, 2004·8 cites·17 claims
- 2758US8086833B2Method and system for linking firmware modules in a pre-memory execution environmentSTEVENS JR WILLIAM A·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 27, 2011·2 cites·19 claims
- 2858US7055024B2Computer system component initialization using a BIOS formal hardware language to represent the initialization requirementsINTEL CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 30, 2006·6 cites·27 claims
- 2955US7424603B2Method and apparatus to store initialization and configuration informationINTEL CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 9, 2008·3 cites·12 claims
- 3054US10042571B2Techniques to provide run-time protections using immutable regions of memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 7, 2018·0 cites·25 claims
- 3153US2019158461A1Attestation device custody transfer protocolMCAFEE LLC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 3252US10769269B2Method and apparatus to gather platform configuration profile in a trustworthy mannerINTEL CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 8, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 3351US8086837B2Method and apparatus to store initialization and configuration informationBRANNOCK KIRK D·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 27, 2011·0 cites·12 claims
- 3450US7558911B2Maintaining disk cache coherency in multiple operating system environmentINTEL CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 7, 2009·1 cites·28 claims
- 3548US11783064B2Techniques to provide hardware enforced protection environment for a system management modeINTEL CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3642US2003188146A1Method of ordered execution of firmware modules in a pre-memory execution environmentFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3741US9003236B2System and method for correct execution of software based on baseline and real time informationGRAWROCK DAVID W·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 7, 2015·0 cites·22 claims
- 3841US2019156015A1Smm protection utilizing ring separation and smi isolationBRANNOCK KIRK D·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 3941US2018285562A1Computing system with protection against memory wear out attacksINTEL CORP·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4040US2008162866A1Apparatus and method for fast and secure memory context switchingSIDDIQI FARAZ A·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4140US2007226451A1Method and apparatus for full volume mass storage device virtualizationCHENG ANTONIO S·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4239US2014297922A1Method and apparatus for managing serial peripheral interface (spi) flashSARANGDHAR NITIN V·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4339US2014229942A1Isolated guest creation in a virtualized computing systemWISEMAN WILLARD MONTY·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4430US6594663B2Method and apparatus for implementing and maintaining a configuration databaseINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 15, 2003·5 cites·21 claims
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