Data protecting method and computing apparatus
OwnerHung-Chien CHOUinventor
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Abstract
A data protecting method, including the steps of: (a) upon receipt of a triggering command, configuring a hardware control module to store data in a hidden zone that is unidentifiable, unreadable and unwritable by an operating system block in communication with the hardware control module; and (b) upon receipt of a restore request command from an input device in direct communication with the hardware control module, configuring the hardware control module to execute the restore request command so as to transfer the data from the hidden zone to a working zone that is identifiable, readable and writable by the operating system block when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
Claims16
A data protecting method, comprising the steps of:
- (a) upon receipt of a triggering command, configuring a hardware control module to store data in a hidden zone that is unidentifiable, unreadable and unwritable by an operating system block in communication with the hardware control module;
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- (b) upon receipt of a restore request command from an input device indirect communication with the hardware control module, configuring the hardware control module to execute the restore request command so as to transfer the data from the hidden zone to a working zone that is identifiable, readable and writable by the operating system block when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
A computing apparatus comprising:
- an operating system block;
- a data storage device including a hidden zone that is unidentifiable, unreadable and unwritable by said operating system block, and a working zone that is identifiable, readable and writable by said operating system block;
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- a hardware control module in communication with said operating system block, and responsive to a triggering command for storing data in said hidden zone of said data storage device;
- wherein said hardware control module is further responsive to a restore request command from an input device for executing the restore request command so as to transfer the data from said hidden zone to said working zone when it is determined by said hardware control module that a predetermined condition is satisfied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.