Patent ID: 9304942
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: activating a subsystem in an apparatus for providing access to a memory also in the apparatus; establishing a subsystem access control configuration in the subsystem in response to the activation, wherein the subsystem access control configuration comprises access parameters for use in determining, by the subsystem, when the apparatus is inactive, whether to grant a request for accessing the memory of the apparatus received by the subsystem from an external source while the apparatus is inactive; receiving in the subsystem a request to access the memory while the apparatus is inactive; comparing, by the subsystem, the access request to the access parameters of the subsystem access control configuration; and if the access request is permitted by the access parameters of the subsystem access control configuration, allowing, by the subsystem, access to the memory in accordance with the access request; wherein establishing the subsystem access control configuration comprises loading the subsystem access control configuration from the memory into the subsystem in response to the activation.