Patent ID: 9104618
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing access to an addressable memory location in a storage device, the method comprising: in a storage device with a storage media that has addressable memory locations, a set of one or more of which being identified by an address range of contiguous addresses associated with a first characteristic and a second characteristic, managing access to such addressable memory locations by: receiving a request from a requesting entity to access an addressable memory location in the storage media; applying the first characteristic if the addressable memory location is within the set of addressable memory locations and at that time any entity is currently authenticated to and authorized to access the set of addressable memory locations, wherein an entity that is currently authenticated to and authorized to access the set of addressable memory locations has successfully completed an authentication and authorization process and wherein the requesting entity may access the set of addressable memory locations without having to perform an authentication and authorization process; and applying the second characteristic if the addressable memory location is within the set of addressable memory locations and at that time no entity is authenticated to and authorized to access the set of addressable memory locations.