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US 2020/0401723 A1Published application
Data security through physical separation of data
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLi Li, Barnabas Kadlecsik, Itzhack Goldberg, Su Liu, Etai Lev Ran
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Abstract
A data security method may include storing user data to a first device and storing metadata corresponding to the user data to a second device. The method may further include making a first determination that at least one device selected from the group of the first device and the second device is not in communication with a third device. The method may further include disabling utilization of the user data in response to the first determination.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- storing user data to a first device;
- storing metadata corresponding to the user data to a second device;
- making a first determination that at least one device selected from the group of the first device and the second device is not in communication with a third device;
- and disabling utilization of the user data in response to the first determination.
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A method comprising:
- storing user data to a first device,
- wherein the user data has been separated from corresponding metadata,
- wherein the corresponding metadata is not stored on the first device;
- making a first determination that the first device is not in communication with a discrete device,
- wherein the corresponding metadata is stored on the discrete device;
- and in response to the first determination, disabling utilization of the user data.
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A method comprising:
- storing metadata to a second device,
- wherein the metadata has been separated from user data to which the metadata corresponds,
- wherein the user data is not stored on the second device;
- making a first determination that the second device is not in communication with a discrete device,
- wherein the user data is stored on the discrete device;
- and in response to the first determination, disabling utilization of the user data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.