Reconfigurable mass data recording method and system

US9152182B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Shean Thomas McMahon · Henry's Drive, US
• Robert Kunc · Rancho Palos Verdes, US
• Kang Lee · Calabasas, US
• Vladimir Esterkin · Redondo Beach, US
• Ranjit Pradhan · Torrance, US
• Xiwen Wang · Coram, US
• Frank T. Willis, Jr. · Rio Rancho, US
• Andrew Kostrzewski · Garden Grove, US
• Sookwang Ro · Glendale, US
• Thomas Forrester · La Puente, US
• Tomasz Jannson · Torrance, US
• Michael Alan Thompson · Redondo Beach, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F13/409
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a removable memory unit (RMU) that facilitates concatenation of said memory modules irrespective of their individual physical interfaces, enables encryption/decryption keys (including cryptographic ignition keys (CIKs)) to reside onboard the RMU, provides for physical separation of RED and BLACK data in cross-domain environments and implements zeroization functionality onboard the RMU. Further embodiments provide a swappable IO backplane and adapter plates for incorporation into a wide variety of platforms.