US 7,673,137 C1 (12,828th)
System and method for the managed security control of processes on a computer system
Thomas James Satterlee, Felton, CA (US); and William Frank Hackenberger, Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed by Thomas James Satterlee, Felton, CA (US); and William Frank Hackenberger, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to TAASERA LICENSING LLC
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,388, Jan. 23, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,673,137, issued Mar. 2, 2010, Appl. No. 10/336,299, Jan. 3, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/345,432, filed on Jan. 4, 2002.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jan. 28, 2025.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/554 (2013.01) [G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 21/565 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 6-29 are cancelled.
Claims 1-5 were not reexamined.
6. A computer implemented method for implementing security for a computing device comprising the steps of:
interrupting the loading of a new program for operation with the computing device;
validating the new program;
if the new program is validated, permitting the new program to continue loading and to execute in connection with the computing device;
if the new program is not validated, monitoring the new program while it loads and executes in connection with the computing device, wherein the step of monitoring the new program while it executes is performed at the operating system kernel of the computing device.