Patent ID: 8291501

Claim:
A method, comprising: analyzing, by a computer system, information related to a computing platform, wherein the information related to the computing platform comprises a net list for the computing platform, wherein the net list includes a list of components, functional units, or combinations thereof in the computing platform, a list of pins configured to carry data, and a list of nets between the pins, wherein the information related to the computing platform further comprises a bridge table corresponding to at least one of the components, functional units, or combinations thereof, and wherein the bridge table includes a rule for handling protected information; determining, by the computer system and based, at least in part, on the net list and the bridge table, whether the computing platform is capable of routing protected information received from a media input device to a central processing unit; and if the computing platform is determined to be capable of routing the protected information to the central processing unit, indicating an invalid protected data path implementation.