Implementing data theft prevention
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, II, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
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Abstract
A method and circuit for implementing data theft prevention, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. A polymeric resin containing microcapsules surrounds a security card. Each microcapsule contains a conductive material. The conductive material of the microcapsule provides shorting on the security card responsive to the polymer resin and the microcapsule being breached, and a data theft prevention function using the shorting by the conductive material to prevent data theft.
Claims20
A circuit for implementing data theft prevention comprising:
- a security card;
- a polymeric resin containing a plurality of microcapsules surrounding said security card;
- each said microcapsule contains a conductive material;
- said conductive material of said microcapsule shorting on the security card responsive to said polymer resin and at least one said microcapsule being breached, and
- a data theft prevention function to prevent data theft responsive to shorting by said conductive material.
A design structure embodied in a non-transitory machine readable medium used in a design process, the design structure comprising:
- a circuit tangibly embodied in the non-transitory machine readable medium used in the design process, said circuit for implementing data theft prevention, a sequence of computer-executable steps recorded on the non-transitory machine-readable medium and capable of said design structure implementing said circuit comprising:
- providing a security card;
- surrounding said security card with a polymeric resin containing a plurality of microcapsules;
- providing each said microcapsule contains a conductive material;
- said conductive material of said microcapsule shorting on the security card responsive to said polymer resin and at least one said microcapsule being breached, and
- providing a data theft prevention function used to prevent data theft responsive to shorting by said conductive material, wherein the design structure, when read and used in the manufacture of a semiconductor chip produces a chip comprising said circuit.
A method for implementing data theft prevention comprising:
- providing a security card;
- surrounding said security card with a polymeric resin containing a plurality of microcapsules;
- providing each said microcapsule containing a conductive material;
- shorting on the security card with said conductive material of said microcapsule responsive to the polymer resin and said microcapsule being breached, and
- using the shorting by said conductive material to prevent data theft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.