US 12,001,689 B2
Transparently attached flash memory security
Brian J. Marley, Smithtown, NY (US); and Richard E. Wahler, Saint James, NY (US)
Assigned to Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,115.
Application 17/133,115 is a continuation of application No. 16/218,773, filed on Dec. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,877,673.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/599,288, filed on Dec. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0117109 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0622 (2013.01) [G06F 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 13/16 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying a command issued to a memory;
determining that the command is not authorized; and
based on a determination that the command is not authorized, cancelling the command;
wherein cancelling the command includes resetting a source of the command before issuance of a completed chip select signal to the memory.