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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert Francis Squibbs, James Thomas Edward McDonnell, Andrew Robert Byde
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A standalone memory device is provided that when in a first state allows data to be written to the device from a data source but prevents a normal user from useably accessing that data. When in a second state the device enables the user to useably access data stored in the device. The device is arranged to implement a prohibition or restriction on re-entry to its first state after having left it. In preferred embodiments, the device limits the number of times or the frequency at which, it re-enters its first state, whereby to limit the amount or rate of transfer of data via the memory device from the data source to a data recipient. The device can be used to limit content download from data sources at an exhibition. A system and method using the device are also provided.
A standalone memory device comprising an external interface, a memory, and a control arrangement, the control arrangement being arranged when in a first state to enable data to be written via the external interface to the memory but to prevent a normal user from useably accessing that data through the external interface, and when in a second state to enable the user to useably access, via the interface, data stored in the memory;
A system comprising:
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