Patent ID: 9389933
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: executing an application in a user-mode hardware-protected isolation container (UMHPIC), the UMHPIC protected by a security-enabled processor that provides at least an exit gate for passing execution out of the UMHPIC and an entry gate for returning execution into the UMHPIC; facilitating, by an UMHPIC-aware platform adaptation layer executing within the UMHPIC, a system service request interaction between the application inside the UMHPIC and one or more untrusted components of a host platform executing outside of the UMHPIC; and performing, by a secure services component of the UMHPIC-aware platform adaptation layer, a security-relevant action, wherein the security-relevant action facilitates the system service request interaction between the application inside the UMHPIC and the one or more untrusted components of the host platform executing outside of the UMHPIC.