ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,819, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Detecting information modification in a memory system" was invented by James Ruane (San Jose, Calif.) and Jeffrey Lee Munsil (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for detecting information modification in a memory system are described. A system may generate a first value, such as a first hash value, from information stored in storage component. The system may then generate a second value, such as a second hash value, from content stored in the storage component. After generating the second value, the system may ...