Storage device with website trust indication
AssigneeIronKey, Inc.
InventorsDavid Alexander Jevans, Steve Ryan, Gil Spencer, Shannon Holland
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Abstract
A portable storage device includes a web page confidence module and a device controller. The web page confidence module may be configured to receive a user trust setting, receive a webpage address and determine a trust level status associated with the web page address based in part on the user trust setting. The device controller may be configured to indicate a trust level status based on the trust level determination.
Claims17
A portable USB storage device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable medium storing computer instructions executed by the processor and implementing a web page confidence module and a USB storage device controller;
- wherein the web page confidence module configured to receive a user trust setting of high, medium or low, receive a web page address and determine a trust level associated with the web page address based in part on the user trust setting;
- and the USB device controller configured to indicate a trust level status on the portable USB storage device based on the trust level determination.
A method for indicating trustworthiness of a website with a portable USB storage device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the portable USB storage device, a user trust setting of high, medium or low;
- receiving, by the portable USB storage device, a web page address;
- determining, by the portable USB storage device, a trust level of a web page associated with the web page address based in part on the user trust setting;
- and
- indicating a trust level status on the portable USB storage device based on the trust level determination.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied thereon executable code, the code being executable by a processor to perform a method for indicating trustworthiness of a website with a USB portable storage device, the method comprising:
- receiving a user trust setting of high, medium or low;
- receiving a web page address;
- determining a trust level of a web page associated with the web page address based in part on the user trust setting;
- and
- indicating a trust level status on the portable storage device based on the trust level determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.