Jia Tong

Title: Jia Tong: Inventor of an Out-of-Band File Integrity Check

Introduction

Jia Tong is an inventor based in San Jose, California, and is associated with Fortinet, Inc. His work includes a patent for checking the integrity of files stored on a memory device.

Latest Patents

Tong’s listed patent, “Out-of-band file integrity check,” describes a method for validating files during a host system’s startup. The approach reserves a memory queue for validation and uses a peer-to-peer communications protocol to access the memory device. An integrity check agent validates an out-of-band operating system that functions independently of the host operating system, then uses the reserved queue to check the validity of files on the device. Tong is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

The patent highlights Tong’s work on startup-time file validation and system integrity. Its design separates the out-of-band operating system from the host operating system and provides the integrity check agent with a reserved queue for accessing stored files.

Collaborations

Tong’s listed coworkers include Xu Zhou and Dengxue Yan. His association with Fortinet, Inc. provides the company context for his patent work.

Conclusion

Jia Tong’s patent describes an out-of-band approach to checking file integrity during system startup, using a reserved memory queue and peer-to-peer access to the memory device.