System and method for protecting data stored on a removable data storage device
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsALISTAIR K. CHAN, RODERICK A. HYDE, JORDIN T. KARE, LOWELL L. WOOD, JR., VICTORIA Y.H. WOOD
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Abstract
A system for protecting data stored in a memory of a removable data storage device is provided. The system includes a personal electronic device, a removable solid state data storage device operatively coupled to the personal electronic device, and a circuit configured to protect data stored in a memory of the data storage device in response to detecting impending removal of the data storage device from the personal electronic device.
Claims42
1-242. (canceled)
A method for protecting data stored in a memory of a removable data storage device, comprising:
- detecting removal of the data storage device from a personal electronic device;
- causing at least some of the data stored in a memory of the removable data storage device to be protected in response to detecting removal;
- and
- outputting a removal signal.
The method of claim 240, further comprising configuring the data storage device to cause a personal electronic device to transmit a message when the data storage device is next placed in an installed position.
The method of 259, wherein the removal signal is audible.
The method of 259, wherein the removal signal is visual.
The method of 259, wherein the removal signal is haptic.
A method for protecting data stored in a memory of a removable data storage device, comprising:
- detecting removal of a data storage device from a personal electronic device;
- determining whether a data protection system is in a preauthorized state;
- and
- causing at least some of the data stored in a memory of the removable data storage device to be protected based on detecting removal and on whether a data protection system is in a preauthorized state.
A method for protecting data stored in a memory of a removable data storage device, comprising:
- detecting impending removal of the data storage device from a personal electronic device;
- and
- causing at least some of the data stored in a memory of the removable data storage device to be protected in response to detecting impending removal of the data storage device, wherein the personal electronic device comprises at least one of a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant, and a pager, and the removable data storage device comprises a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.