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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Mehran Ramezani, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mehran Ramezani, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
STEC, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/79 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computing device and method for managing security of a memory or storage device without the need for administer privileges. To access the secure memory, a host provides a data block containing a control command and authentication data to the memory device. The memory device includes a controller for controlling access to a secure memory in the memory device. The memory device identifies the control command in the data block, authenticates the control command bused on the authentication data, and executes the control command to allow the host device to access the secure memory.