Adapter for portable storage medium and method of disabling data access
US8495385B2 · kind B2 · utility
4Cited by
0References
6Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2143
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A portable storage medium adapter, which is connected to a computer to store data received from the computer in a portable storage medium, includes a holding part that detachably holds the portable storage medium, a detecting part that detects an unloading operation of the portable storage medium by a user, and a disablement executing part that executes a disabling process to disable external access to the data stored in the portable storage medium at a time when the unloading operation is detected in the detecting part.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.