Erasure and Diagnostic Method and System
AssigneeBlancco Technology Group IP Oy
InventorsMarkus Törmä, Daniel Öberg
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for providing for erasure of data from, and/or diagnosis of at least one condition of a device. The method includes the steps of providing a stored set of actions, the actions directed to either or both of an erasure action and a diagnosis action; selecting actions from the stored set and linking the actions to generate a sequence of actions; and outputting, storing or performing the generated sequence of actions. Performing the sequence of actions may include performing at least one of the actions in dependence or based on data representative of a property of the device, at least one customer or client or business preference or requirement, or at least one regulatory requirement.
Claims20
A method for providing at least one of erasure of data from, or diagnosis of at least one condition of, a device, the method comprising:
- providing a stored set of actions, wherein the stored set of actions includes at least one of
- a) at least one erasure action that includes sending data or instructions to a storage device that includes a memory to delete or overwrite data stored in at least a region of the memory, or
- b) at least one diagnosis action to determine at least one property of the device;
- selecting actions from the stored set of actions and linking the actions to generate a sequence of actions;
- and
- outputting, storing or performing the generated sequence of actions, wherein performing the sequence of actions comprises performing at least one of the actions in dependence or based on data representative of
- at least one property of the device, or a customer or client or business preference or requirement, or a regulatory requirement.
A system for providing at least one of erasure of data from, or diagnosis of at least one condition of, a device, the system comprising:
- a processing resource configured to display or perform a sequence of actions, wherein the sequence of actions includes at least one of
- a) at least one erasure action that includes sending data or instructions to a storage device that includes a memory to delete or overwrite data stored in at least a region of the memory, or
- b) at least one diagnosis action to determine at least one property of the device,
- wherein the processing resource is configured to
- perform, display or select at least one of the actions in dependence or based on data representative of at least one property of the device, or a customer or client or business preference or requirement, or a regulatory requirement.
A computer program product comprising computer-readable instructions that are executable to:
- generate a graphical user interface that displays graphical representations of actions of a stored set of actions, wherein the stored set of actions includes at least one of
- a) at least one erasure action that includes sending data or instructions to a storage device that includes a memory to delete or overwrite data stored in at least a region of the memory, or
- b) at least one diagnosis action to determine at least one property of a device;
- receive user input and, based on the user input, insert or move at least some of the graphical representations of the actions within at least one window of the graphical user interface thereby to generate a linked sequence of actions;
- and
- output, store or perform the generated sequence of actions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.