Portable storage device with subject identification and method thereof

• US 20100274824A1
• Filed: 04/28/2009
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Zhao, Jiuying, Chiu, Chaucer
• Application Number:
  US12/453,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20100274824A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/812
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards

Abstract

This specification discloses a portable storage device with subject identification and the method thereof. When data are stored to the portable storage device or read from the portable storage device by other terminals, the portable storage device identifies the data subject. This solves the problem of unable to identify the subject during the data storing or reading step in the prior art. Therefore, the stored data subject can be immediately identified. The invention further achieves the goal of letting several people sharing one portable storage device.

Claims

1. A portable storage device with subject identification for transferring measured data generated by a measuring device to a terminal, the portable storage device comprising:

an external port, which links to the measuring device or the terminal as a transmission port for the measured data;

a plurality of folders for storing the measured data, each of which has a folder name;

a receiving module, which receives a folder name entered by the user according to the subsequent verification request;

a verifying module, which sends out a verification request when connected with the measuring device or terminal, and uses the folder name received by the receiving module to find a folder; and

an accessing module, which stores the measured data to the folder via the external port and allows the terminal to edit the measured data stored in the folder.

2. The portable storage device with subject identification of claim 1, wherein the folder name is a distinct personal name or account name.

3. The portable storage device with subject identification of claim 1, wherein after the folder is found, the verifying module uses a predetermined verification password associated with the folder name to perform further verification, the verification result determining whether subsequent access actions are granted.

4. The portable storage device with subject identification of claim 1, wherein the verifying module sends out a predetermined verification question associated with the folder name, receives a response to the verification question, and compares the response with a predetermined verification detail, the comparison result determining whether subsequent access actions are granted.

5. The portable storage device with subject identification of claim 4, wherein the verification detail is text, string or notation.

6. A method of subject identification for a portable storage device to transfer measured data generated by a measuring device to a terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing a plurality of folders in the portable storage device, each of which has a folder name;

linking the portable storage device to the measuring device;

sending a verification request from the portable storage device and, after receiving a folder name entered by the user according to the verification request, executing the steps of;

finding a folder using the folder name by the portable storage device;

receiving the measured data by the portable storage device; and

storing the measured data to the folder by the portable storage device;

linking the portable storage device with a terminal; and

sending a verification request from the portable storage device and, after receiving a folder name entered by the user according to the verification request, executing the steps of;

finding a folder using the folder name by the portable storage device; and

allowing the terminal to edit the measured data stored in the folder.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the folder name is a distinct personal name or account name.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising the step of using a predetermined verification password associated with the folder name for further verification by the portable storage device after the folder is found.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of, after the portable storage device finds the folder:

sending out a predetermined verification question associated with the folder name by the portable storage device; and

after a response to the verification question is received, verifying the response is the same as a predetermined verification detail by the portable storage device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the verification question is text, string, or notation.