ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,722, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ASPEED Technology Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Data security verification method and electronic apparatus" was invented by Chin-Ting Kuo (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Chih-Chiang Mao (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data security verification method and an electronic apparatus are provided. In the data security verification method, when the electronic apparatus is powered on, a verification circuit verifies integrity of an executable image in a storage device. If verification fails, the verification circuit stops a host processor from executing the executable image. If the verification is su...