Privacy assurance for portable computing
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1. A portable device comprising:
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b) memory within the body containing software for executing on a host computing device;
c) an interface associated with the memory and adapted to facilitate interaction with the host computing device;
d) the software adapted to automatically execute on the host computing device in association with a computing session, and, in association with termination of the computing session, instruct the host computing device to remove records pertaining to the computing session from the host computing device to enhance privacy associated with the computing session.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to using a portable device in association with a computing session on a host computing device. The portable device preferably includes software capable of executing on the host computing device to remove records pertaining to the computing session from the host computing device to enhance privacy associated with the computing session. Preferably, the host computing device will execute the software to delete cookies, browsing histories, preferences, favorites, and bookmarks from the host computing device'"'"'s system memory, cache, and available disk drives to minimize the amount of information about the computing session left on the host computing device.
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32 Claims
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1. A portable device comprising:
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a) a body;
b) memory within the body containing software for executing on a host computing device;
c) an interface associated with the memory and adapted to facilitate interaction with the host computing device;
d) the software adapted to automatically execute on the host computing device in association with a computing session, and, in association with termination of the computing session, instruct the host computing device to remove records pertaining to the computing session from the host computing device to enhance privacy associated with the computing session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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14. A portable device comprising:
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a) a body;
b) memory within the body containing software for executing on a host computing device;
c) an interface associated with the memory and adapted to facilitate interaction with the host computing device;
d) the software adapted to automatically execute on the host computing device in association with a computing session and store select information associated with the computing session in the memory instead of on the host computing device, wherein the host computing device would normally store the select information on the host computing device when the portable device is not present.
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19. A computer readable medium including software to reside on a portable device capable of interacting with a plurality of host computing devices, the software comprising instructions to:
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a) automatically execute on the host computing device in association with a computing session; and
b) in association with termination of the computing session, instruct the host computing device to remove records pertaining to the computing session from the host computing device to enhance privacy associated with the computing session.
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27. A method comprising:
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a) facilitating a computing session at a host computing device with a portable device associated with the host computing device, the portable computing device containing software capable of being executed on the host computing device; and
b) in association with termination of the computing session, executing the software to instruct the host computing device to remove records pertaining to the computing session from the host computing device to enhance privacy associated with the computing session.
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