US Patent 10366016 Access to persistent memory regions of computing devices

Examples disclosed herein provide the ability for a non-system application to gain controlled access to a persistent memory region of a computing device. In one example method, the computing device creates a group identifier that has permission only to a specific location under the persistent memory region. The computing device registers the non-system application to the group identifier, and adds a certificate associated with the non-system application to a mandatory access control (MAC) permission list. Upon adding the certificate to the MAC permission list, the computing device defines MAC permissions to the non-system application, with regards to accessing the specific location under the persistent memory region.