ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,016, issued on June 17, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Authenticating software images" was invented by Olivier Duval (Pacifica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for authenticating software images are described. Software images may include different portions (e.g., different versions, different users) that may be authenticated using hashes associated with an underlying data structure of the portion of the software image. In some examples, hashes (e.g., first hashes) associated with the software image may be generated and stored using a tree structure, such that a previous has...