Patent ID: 7971259
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A device for establishing a trusted path between a user interface and a software application, the device comprising: a user interface (UI) controller for requesting the execution of general software, based on a user key input on the UI; a UI controller configuration part for reading a software address corresponding to the general software requested by the user key input, and for transmitting the software address; a request controller for receiving the software execution request from the UI controller and receiving the software address transmitted from the UI controller configuration part; a memory including a main memory for storing the general software, and a secure memory for storing general software addresses of the main memory and start data of each corresponding general software; and a controller for executing general software by executing the start data of the general software stored in the secure memory, and subsequently executing the general software stored in the main memory based on the software address received by the request controller and the general software addresses stored in the secure memory.