US 12,235,965 B2
Connection of computers over networks
Henry Harrison, London (GB); David Bailey, London (GB); Edward Frosztega, London (GB); and Alison Warner, London (GB)
Assigned to Garrison Technology Ltd., London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/802,178
Filed by Garrison Technology Ltd., London (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/050484
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/171024, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2002650 (GB), filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359742 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/575 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4406 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first computer system comprising:
a logic block that includes one or more hardware processing units that execute instructions;
a first network interface, wherein the logic block is configured to connect to a second computer system over a first network via the first network interface; and
a controller component that is separate from the logic block and is configured to monitor power-up and reset of the logic block,
wherein the first computer system is configured to provide an attestation for the second computer system that the logic block of the first computer system has not previously established a connection via the first network interface with any computer system since the most recent power-up or reset of the logic block.