Method and Apparatus of Providing Security to an External Attachment Device

a technology of security and attachment device, applied in the field of providing security to an external serial advanced technology attachment device, can solve the problems of personal privacy loss, loss of portable storage device, loss of personal and/or medical information,
US20080288782A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-11-20MCM PORTFOLIO LLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
MCM PORTFOLIO LLC
Publication Date
2008-11-20
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Systems and methods of providing security to an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device are described herein. One embodiment includes presenting to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory; restricting the computing device from accessing a secured second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device; and in response to receiving a valid identity authentication, unrestricting access to the second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device. In one embodiment, in response to receiving a logon request from the computing device, an identity authentication process is initiated, wherein the process is stored on the first partition. Furthermore, in one embodiment, a process stored on a disk controller receives an encryption key from the process stored on the first partition of the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, and the process stored on the disk controller uses the encryption key to decrypt the second partition of the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 939,030 entitled “Device, System, and Method for Further Enhanced Operation of an eSATA Device with a Computing Device,” which was filed on May 18, 2007, the contents of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the present application is related to a copending U.S. Patent Application entitled “Method and Apparatus of Providing Power to an External Attachment Device via a Computing Device,” which was filed on Jul. 24, 2007, with the same assignee as the present disclosure. The disclosure of the above-identified copending application is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method of providing security to an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment device, and in particular to providing security to an external Serial Advanced Techno...

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