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US 2024/0202297 A1Published application
Secure access device with multiple authentication mechanisms
AssigneeClevX, LLC
InventorsLev M. Bolotin, Alex Lemelev, Marc Singer
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Abstract
A data security system, and a method of operation thereof, includes a data security transceiver or receiver; an authentication subsystem operatively connected to the data security transceiver or receiver; and a storage subsystem connected to the authentication subsystem.
Claims20
A secure access device comprising:
- a memory;
- an interface controller coupled to the memory and for coupling to an external data channel, the interface controller configured to disable access to the memory via the external data channel until a user is authenticated;
- an encryption engine in the interface controller for encrypting data to be stored in the memory;
- a wireless transceiver for wireless communication outside the external data channel;
- and
- an authentication subsystem configured to receive user authentication information via the wireless transceiver, the authentication subsystem having an encryption key, the authentication subsystem further configured to send an unlock command to the interface controller to enable access to the memory via the external data channel after authenticating the user authentication information;
- wherein, the encryption engine, while the interface controller enables the external data channel unlocked, performs operations comprising:
- encrypting, with the encryption key, data received through the external data channel before storing the encrypted data in the memory;
- and
- decrypting, with the encryption key, data read from the memory before sending the decrypted data through the external data channel.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- disabling, by an interface controller in a secure access device, access to a memory in the secure access device via an external data channel until a user is authenticated by the secure access device, the interface controller having an encryption engine;
- receiving user authentication information by an authentication subsystem in the secure access device, wherein the secure access device is configured to receive the user authentication information via a wireless transceiver for wireless communication in the secure access device, the authentication subsystem having an encryption key;
- authenticating, by the authentication subsystem in the secure access device, the user authentication information received via the wireless transceiver;
- sending an unlock command, from the authentication subsystem to the interface controller, to enable access to the memory via the external data channel after authenticating the user authentication information;
- enabling, by the interface controller, access to the memory via the external data channel after the authenticating;
- encrypting, by the encryption engine with the encryption key while the external data channel is unlocked, data received through the external data channel before storing the encrypted data in the memory;
- and
- decrypting, by the encryption engine with the encryption key while the external data channel is unlocked, data read from the memory before sending the decrypted data through the external data channel.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- disabling, by an interface controller in a secure access device, access to a memory in the secure access device via an external data channel until a user is authenticated by the secure access device, the interface controller having an encryption engine;
- receiving user authentication information by an authentication subsystem in the secure access device, wherein the secure access device is configured to receive the user authentication information via a wireless transceiver for wireless communication in the secure access device, the authentication subsystem having an encryption key;
- authenticating, by the authentication subsystem in the secure access device, the user authentication information received via the wireless transceiver;
- sending an unlock command, from the authentication subsystem to the interface controller, to enable access to the memory via the external data channel after authenticating the user authentication information;
- enabling, by the interface controller, access to the memory via the external data channel after the authenticating;
- encrypting, by the encryption engine with the encryption key while the external data channel is unlocked, data received through the external data channel before storing the encrypted data in the memory;
- and
- decrypting, by the encryption engine with the encryption key while the external data channel is unlocked, data read from the memory before sending the decrypted data through the external data channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.