Portable storage device for storing and accessing personal data
First Claim
1. A method of securely storing and accessing personal data relating to an individual, said personal data constituting a personal data record, the method comprising:
- coupling a portable data storage device to a computing device for data transfer between them, the storage device carrying an encrypted personal data record and decryption logic for decrypting the personal data record upon provision of a key not stored on the storage device;
accessing the personal data record on the storage device and running the decryption logic on the computing device to decrypt the personal data record upon input of the key to the computing device; and
displaying the decrypted personal data by means of the computing device.
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Abstract
A method of securely storing and accessing personal data (26) relating to an individual (28), said personal data constituting a personal data record, is described. The method comprises: coupling a portable data storage device (42) to a computing device (12) for data transfer between them, the storage device carrying an encrypted personal data record (38) and a decryption means (40) for decrypting the personal data record upon provision of a key (36) not stored on the storage device (42); accessing the personal data record on the storage device (42) and running the decryption means (40) on the computing device (12) to decrypt the personal data record upon input of the key (36) to the computing device; and displaying the decrypted personal data (26) by means of the computing device.
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89 Claims
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1. A method of securely storing and accessing personal data relating to an individual, said personal data constituting a personal data record, the method comprising:
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coupling a portable data storage device to a computing device for data transfer between them, the storage device carrying an encrypted personal data record and decryption logic for decrypting the personal data record upon provision of a key not stored on the storage device;
accessing the personal data record on the storage device and running the decryption logic on the computing device to decrypt the personal data record upon input of the key to the computing device; and
displaying the decrypted personal data by means of the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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64. A system for securely storing and accessing personal data relating to an individual, said personal data constituting a personal data record, the system comprising:
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a portable data storage device carrying an encrypted personal data record and decryption logic for decrypting the personal data upon provision of a key not stored on the storage device;
a computing device to which the portable data storage device can be coupled for data transfer between them, the computing device including logic for accessing the personal data record on the storage device, and logic for running the decryption logic to decrypt the personal data record upon input of the key to the computing device; and
a display associated with the computing device for displaying the decrypted personal data. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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