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US 2016/0261605 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.
Claims1
A self-disabling, geo-secure data storage system, comprising:
- a solid state drive (SSD);
- a system disk interface (SDI) for connection of said solid state drive (SSD) to a host system;
- an antenna and satellite lookup and determination system to detect a current location of said self-disabling, geo-secure data storage system;
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- a controller to cause said solid state drive (SSD) to disable when said detected current location of said self-disabling, geo-secure data storage system determines that said self-disabling data storage system is currently outside a given permissible geographic area.
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