Data storage devices
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Abstract
A data storage device communicates wirelessly with a reader. The data storage device has a data store for storing data and a hidden PIN data store for storing identification data. A controller of the data store has the ability to write identification data to the hidden PIN data store. The controller controls operation of the data storage device in accordance with the outcome of a comparison between identification data stored in the hidden data store and identification communicated to it by a reader. The controller may enable the identification data stored in the hidden PIN store to be replaced or supplemented, in the event that a reader communicating with the data storage device provides to the data storage device identification data that has a predetermined relationship with, for example matches, the identification data stored in the hidden PIN data store.
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43 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A communications system comprising:
- a data storage device comprising a store storing data; and
a portable user device configured to communicate over a telecommunications network and incorporating a reader configured to communicate wirelessly with the data storage device when the portable communications device comes within range of the data storage device to cause a user interface of the portable user device to issue a message to the user asking whether or not the user wishes to download data from the data storage device,the portable user device being configured to provide identification data when the user indicates that they wish to download the data and the reader being configured to communicate a signal comprising the identification data wirelessly to the data storage device, and the data storage device having an identification data storer storing identification data, an extractor operable to extract identification data from a signal received from the reader, a comparator operable to compare the extracted identification data with identification data stored in the identification data store of the data storage device and a controller operable to download data stored in the store to the reader of the portable user device in the event the extracted identification data enables downloading of that data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
- a data storage device comprising a store storing data; and
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40. A data storage device configured to cooperate with a portable user device that can communicate over a telecommunications network, the data storage device being configured to communicate wirelessly with a reader of the portable storage device when the portable communications device comes within range of the data storage device to cause a user interface of the portable user device to issue a message to the user asking whether or not the user wishes to download data from the data storage device and to receive from the reader a signal comprising identification data provided by the portable user device when the user indicates that they wish to download the data,
the data storage device having an identification data store storing identification data, an extractor operable to extract identification data provided by the portable user device from a signal received from the reader, a comparator operable to compare the extracted identification data with identification data stored in the identification data store of the data storage device and a controller operable to download data stored in the store to the reader of the portable user device in the event the extracted identification data enables downloading of that data.
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41. A data storage device for wirelessly communicating with a reader of a portable user device to enable data to be read from the data storage device, the device comprising:
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a communicator operable to enable wireless communication with a reader to enable receipt of a reader signal and to enable communication of data between the device and the reader, wherein the device is initially arranged to communicate with different readers and, in response to receipt of a reader signal from a particular reader or readers, is subsequently arranged to communicate with that reader or those readers. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A communications system comprising:
- a data storage device comprising storage means storing data; and
a portable user device configured to communicate over a telecommunications network and incorporating a reader configured to communicate wirelessly with the data storage device when the portable communications device comes within range of the data storage device to cause a user interface of the portable user device to issue a message to the user asking whether or not the user wishes to download data from the data storage device,the portable user device being configured to provide identification data when the user indicates that they wish to download the data and the reader being configured to communicate a signal comprising the identification data wirelessly to the data storage device, and the data storage device having identification data storage means storing identification data, extracting means for extracting identification data from a signal received from the reader, comparison means for comparing the extracted identification data with identification data stored in the identification data storage means of the data storage device and control means for downloading data stored in the storage means to the reader of the portable user device in the event the extracted identification data enables downloading of that data.
- a data storage device comprising storage means storing data; and
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