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US 2006/0150247 A1Published application
Protection of stored data
OwnerAndrew Gafkeninventor
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Abstract
An arrangement to protect individual files or data stored in a memory based upon the application attempting a read or write access. A user may set the conditions for access to protected files or directories stored in the memory. When an access to a protected file or directory is made a filter reads the conditions and compares the request with the conditions before allowing access to the files or directories.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- receiving a request from a requesting application for access to a target file in a memory;
- determining if the request is allowable;
- and
- if the request is allowable, accessing by the requesting application the target file in the memory.
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A machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request from a requesting application for access to a target file in a memory;
- determining by a filter from information stored in a data base, if the request is allowable;
- and
- if the request is allowable, accessing by the requesting application the target file in the memory.
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A system comprising:
- a filter to receive a request from an application having a first plurality of parameters to access a file in a memory;
- a disk operating system controlling access to an unprotected partition of the memory;
- a policy manager to store a second plurality of parameters describing an allowable request for access to a protected partition of the memory;
- the filter to determine allowability of a request by comparing the first plurality of parameters with the second plurality of parameters;
- and
- if the request is allowable, the application to access the file independently of the disk operating system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.