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Secure storage device for transfer of data via removable storage

  • US 6,587,949 B1
  • Filed: 06/17/1999
  • Issued: 07/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of securing data in a transparent manner in a removable secure storage device comprising:

  • (a) writing source data from a digital data source to a removable secure storage device, wherein said removable secure storage device (i) includes a controller, a processor, a memory, and an interface to the digital data source within the removable secure storage device; and

    (ii) said removable secure storage device is responsive to the same protocol in a transparent manner to the host device as an unsecured device having an industry standard form factor, read-write interface, file system configuration, and hardware connectivity, and as a result the removable secure storage device is transparent to said digital data source, whereby said source responds to said removable secure storage device as if it were an unsecured storage device; and

    (b) creating secure source data within said removable secure storage device by performing digital processing related to said source data within said removable secure storage device.

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