Management Tracking Agent for Removable Media
AssigneeImation Corp.
InventorDavid Paul Duncan
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Abstract
A management agent stored on removable storage media is operable, when the storage media is coupled with a host device, to, via the host device, track data events and report the data events to a remote management console.
Claims20
A non-volatile, removable computer readable storage medium having a management agent comprising at least one program module stored thereon and operable, when the removable storage medium is coupled with a host computing device, to, via execution on a processor of the host computing device, track data events for the removable storage medium and report the data events to a remote management console.
A method for use of removable storage media, the method comprising:
- providing a management agent comprising at least one program module stored on the removable storage media;
- executing the management agent program on a computer processor of a host computing device coupled to the removable storage media;
- receiving, at a remote location, one or more tracked data events for the removable storage media from the management agent;
- and
- providing an interface, at the remote location, by which a user may revoke access to specified portions of data on the removable storage media based on the tracked data events.
A method comprising
- executing a management agent program on a processor of a host computer, the management agent program stored in memory of a removable storage device coupled thereto;
- associating a user with the removable storage device;
- tracking data events for the removable storage medium, based on interactions of the user with data stored in the memory of the removable storage device;
- creating a secure channel for communication of the tracked data events to a remote console at a remote location;
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- reporting the tracked data events to the remote console, via the secure channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.