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US 2012/0233358 A1Published application
Device and method for verifying connectivity
AssigneeImation Corp.
InventorLaurence Hamid
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Abstract
A portable desktop device and method for host computer system hardware recognition and configuration are provided. The portable desktop device once authenticated provides access to a portable desktop application that provides a beat signal to the portable desktop device. In an absence of the beat signal, the portable desktop device prevents access to the portable desktop application and/or data associated therewith.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- coupling a portable desktop device comprising portable desktop data stored therein to a host computer;
- enabling access to the portable desktop data;
- executing on the host computer system a portable desktop application received from the portable desktop device;
- at known intervals transmitting from the host computer system to the portable desktop device a beat signal indicating a presence and operability of the host computer;
- and,
- when the portable desktop device other than receives the beat signal at the known interval, disabling access to the portable desktop data.
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A portable desktop device comprising:
- I/O hardware for coupling the portable desktop device to a host computer system;
- memory storage comprising:
- a portable desktop storage block comprising a portable desktop O/S;
- and
- a processor for during use receiving a beat signal from the host computer at intervals and for, in the absence of receiving a beat signal at the interval preventing access to the memory storage.
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A portable desktop device comprising:
- I/O hardware for coupling the portable desktop device to a host computer system;
- memory storage comprising:
- a portable desktop storage block comprising a portable desktop O/S;
- and
- a processor for during use providing to the host computer system at second intervals a challenge signal and for, in response thereto receiving a beat signal from the host computer at first intervals and for, in the absence of receiving the beat signal at the first interval preventing access to the memory storage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.