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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. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Aditya Pratap Sharma, Bangalore, IN;
Balasiva Narala, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1458 (2013.01); G06F 12/1408 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage module, host, and method for securing data with application information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage module is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to store data and information about an application that generated the data and allow the data to be read only if information about an application attempting to read the data matches the information about the application that generated the data. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.