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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:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Inventor:
Victor Y. Tsai, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
SMART Modular Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for a host system or a user to verify the authenticity of a storage device or a logical sub-unit (e.g., a partition) of the storage device are disclosed. A storage device stores one or more first secret keys and a host device stores one or more second keys. A respective first secret key and a respective second key are used in a verification process that verifies the authenticity of the storage device prior to accessing the storage device.