Method and system for creating and accessing a secure storage area in a non-volatile memory card

A method of accessing a secure storage account in a non-volatile memory device, comprising:

• reading a memory identification value from a first non-volatile memory device;
• calculating an account identification value;
• transmitting said memory identification value and said account identification value to a second non-volatile memory device;
• receiving a credential from said second non-volatile memory device, wherein said credential is calculated utilizing said memory identification value, said account identification value, and a formula, and wherein said calculation of said credential is adapted to further utilize a second memory identification value stored within said second non-volatile memory device;
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• performing an account access sequence, wherein said account access sequence comprises transmitting a command, wherein said command comprises said account identification value and a value based on said credential.

A secure storage system, comprising:

• a host comprising:
• a first communication interface adapted to communicate with a first non-volatile memory device, wherein the first non-volatile memory device comprises a non-volatile memory adapted to store a first memory identification value, and further adapted to limit access to a portion of said non-volatile memory with a credential;
• a second communication interface adapted to communicate with a second non-volatile memory device, wherein the second non-volatile memory device is adapted to compute said credential from the first memory identification value, an account identification value, and a second memory identification value, wherein the second non-volatile memory device is adapted to store the second memory identification value;
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• a processor in communication with the first communication interface and the second communication interface, the processor adapted to compute the account identification value and associate said credential with said portion of said non-volatile memory within said first non-volatile memory device, the processor further adapted to utilize said credential to obtain read and write access permission to said portion of said non-volatile memory within said first non-volatile memory device.