Patent ID: 11868278
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A method, comprising:
receiving a password at an input of a serial interface controller of a device;
writing the password to a first portion of the device;
evaluating the password to determine whether the password is validated via comparison of the password with a previously stored value in a second portion of the device;
enabling read access to at least a portion of a memory array of the device when the password is validated;
receiving a write or erase access to the at least a portion of the memory array;
preventing the write or erase access to the at least a portion of the memory when an indication stored in a register of the device has a first value;
receiving an access to alter the indication stored in the register to a second value; and
altering the indication stored in the register to a second value only if the password has been validated.