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US 2016/0104012 A1Published application
Location Sensitive Solid State Drive
AssigneeTeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
InventorsRoydn Jones, Ken Vancouvering
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Abstract
A data storage system including a SSD includes a capability to detect whether its location is acceptable for function, and a capability to self-disable in the event the location of the device is unacceptable, or to self-enable only while the location of the device is acceptable.
Claims19
1-32. (canceled)
A method of securing a data storage device, comprising:
- detecting an initial position of said persistent storage device, and storing said detected initial position in said persistent storage device;
- repeatedly detecting a current position of said persistent storage device;
- and
- self-disabling function of said persistent storage device when said current position indicates that said persistent storage device has been moved from said initial position.
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A method of securely storing data in a hard drive, comprising:
- establishing an internally-determined current location of a hard drive device;
- storing said internally-determined current location as an initial, authorized position for operation of said hard drive device;
- detecting a current location of said hard drive device, during operation of said hard drive device;
- and
- self-disabling function of said hard drive device when said current location indicates that said hard drive device has been moved from said initial, authorized position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.