Method of unlocking portable memory device
AssigneeGigaflash Limited
InventorEddie Chung Wa Chang
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Abstract
A method of unlocking usable memory space of a portable memory device, such as a flash drive, includes connecting the portable memory device to a network access device, such as a computer. The network access device executes a control program and accesses a website through the network access device by execution of the control program. A specific task is executed at the website, which sends an unlocking code upon completion of the task. The usable memory space of the portable memory device is unlocked in response to receiving the unlocking code at the network access device.
Claims20
A method of unlocking a portable memory device, comprising:
- supplying a portable memory device having usable memory space that is initially locked against use;
- connecting the portable memory device to a network access device;
- executing, by the network access device, a control program;
- accessing a specific website, using the network access device, execution of the control program;
- performing a specific task at the website;
- receiving an unlocking code from the website upon completion of the specific task;
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- unlocking the usable memory space of the portable memory devices using the unlocking code, by the execution of the control program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.