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US 10,380,385 B1Granted
Visual security device
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsJames Prescott Hughes, Alison Emily Fenn
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Abstract
A system can include a removable, non-reattachable security device and a circuit configured to stop or alter the operation of the system when the removable non-reattachable security device is not present. The removable, non-reattachable security device can be a key, an encryption device, or other device necessary to allow access to some or all of the system's functions, including access to encrypted data.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a data storage medium;
- a breakaway tab including a security apparatus having a security circuit, the breakaway tab being configured to be broken away;
- a circuit coupled to the security apparatus configured to:
- allow execution of one or more functions based on a presence of the security apparatus;
- disable execution of the one or more functions when the presence of the security apparatus is not detected;
- and
- the security apparatus adapted to be removed from the circuit by the breaking away of the breakaway tab and not reattachable to the circuit after the breakaway tab is broken away, the one or more functions including accessing data stored to the data storage medium prior to removal of the security apparatus from the circuit.
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A device comprising:
- a breakaway tab including a security apparatus, the breakaway tab being configured to be broken away;
- the security apparatus including a security circuit and an attachment mechanism adapted to allow a one-time removal of the security apparatus from a circuit to which the security apparatus is coupled, the security apparatus adapted to be removed from the circuit by the breaking away of the breakaway tab and not reattachable to the circuit after the breakaway tab is broken away;
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- the circuit includes one or more circuits configured determine if the security apparatus is coupled to the circuit, and to not allow access to one or more functions when the security apparatus is not coupled to the circuit, the one or more functions including access to data that was stored to a memory of the device prior to removal of the security apparatus from the circuit.
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A method comprising:
- physically removing a breakaway tab including a security apparatus from a device to permanently prevent access to one or more functions of the device, the removal of the breakaway tab decoupling the security apparatus from the device;
- determining, via the device, when the security apparatus is not coupled to the device;
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- permanently prohibiting, via a processor of the device, access to the one or more functions when the security apparatus is not coupled to the device, the one or more functions including accessing data stored to a data storage medium of the device prior to removal of the security apparatus from the circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.