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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 12/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for data protection in a memory system includes receiving, from entity, an address range and a set command, the address range corresponding to at least a portion of a memory partition in the memory system. The method further includes determining whether the entity is an authenticated entity. The method further includes based on the determination of whether the entity is an authenticated entity, setting, using the set command, access characteristics of the portion of the partition corresponding to the address range.