US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on May 13 for "Online security services based on security features implemented in memory devices" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,917, issued on May 13, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Online security services based on security features implemented in memory devices" was invented by Jeffrey Charles Shiner (Richardson, Texas), Lance W. Dover (Fair Oaks, Calif.) and Olivier Duval (Pacifica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security server to provide security services over a computer network based on security features of memory devices connected to host systems. For example, the security features of a memory device can include a unique device secret, a cryptographic engine, and an access controller to implement access privileges repr...