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 alter data stored in the memory of the data storage device in response to detecting that the data storage device has been removed from the personal electronic device.
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1-229. (canceled)
A system for protecting data stored in a memory of a removable data storage device, comprising:
- a personal electronic device;
- a removable solid state data storage device operatively coupled to the personal electronic device;
- and
- a circuit configured to alter data stored in the memory of the data storage device in response to detecting that the data storage device has been removed from the personal electronic device.
A removable data storage device comprising:
- a circuit configured to respond to detecting that the removable data storage device has been removed from a personal electronic device by altering data stored in a memory of the removable data storage device.
A method for protecting data stored in a memory of a removable data storage device, comprising:
- detecting that the data storage device has been removed 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 altered in response to detecting that the data storage device has been removed from the personal electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.