Encrypted data storage card including smartcard integrated circuit for storing an access password and encryption keys
US5623637A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2121
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A detachable PCMCIA memory card incorporating a smartcard integrated circuit for storing a password value and logic circuitry for preventing access to information stored on the memory card unless the user of the host computer to which the memory card is connected can supply a password matching the stored password. The smartcard integrated circuit may also be used to store public and private key values used to encrypt and decrypt data stored on the card or elsewhere on the host computer or exchanged with a remote computer.
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