System and method for providing a self-encrypting storage medium with an integrated non-volatile display unit

Abstract

A system for a storage medium that provides a method of integrating a non-volatile display, such as an e-paper with an electronic storage medium, and including a self-encrypting solid-state memory device. The system utilizes existing e-paper technology coupled with a receiver that can access various types of information to be displayed on the e-paper. This information can be dynamic user data, administrative data, security data, or other information. The receiver may obtain this information via wireless communication, through meta data on the storage medium, through a direct link through the storage medium or other related methodology.

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PRIORITY CLAIMS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 865,132, filed on Jun. 21, 2019, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Making a Hollywood-style movie is a high-stakes business. Film studios typically invest many millions of dollars to hire actors, rent locations, and employ hundreds of makeup artists and designers and other production personnel. If the movie is a success, a film studio can earn many times its initial investment. However, with highly complex projects and very high operational costs, overruns are a constant risk. To remain profitable studios must ensure projects stay on schedule and operate within tight budget controls. Production costs, which typically include the cost of filming over a period of months and at various locations, represent the greatest budget risk for a project. Innovations that improve efficiency, productivity, and security during filming...

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Benefits of technology

This patent describes a way to integrate a non-volatile display like e-paper with a solid state memory device. By using existing e-paper technology and a receiver that can access different types of information, dynamic information like user data and administrative data can be displayed on the e-paper. This information can be obtained through wireless communication, meta data on the storage medium, or a direct link through the storage medium. The "technical effects" of this patent are that it provides a convenient way to display dynamic information on e-paper and allows for easier access to information through a solid state memory device.

Problems solved by technology

However, with highly complex projects and very high operational costs, overruns are a constant risk.

Production costs, which typically include the cost of filming over a period of months and at various locations, represent the greatest budget risk for a project.

First, since the contents of the camera media is not encrypted, if lost or stolen the recordings could be misused.

Second, the process requires removing the digital media device from the camera and copying the contents to another device such as a SSD.

This is time consuming and error prone because, 1) a new label must be handwritten, 2) the new label may not accurately reflect the contents or it could fall off and be lost, and 3) it creates a second unencrypted copy of the dailies which could be lost or stolen.

Incidents of lost removable media have since occurred at Los Alamos, including one case where the drives were traded for methamphetamine.

The reality is that removable drives have always been difficult to keep track of and are frequently lost or stolen.

But such approaches are labor intensive and subject to human error.

The greatest challenge with removeable storage is that once it is removed from the host, it is impossible to know for sure what data is on the drive and which users should be allowed to access it.

There may be a physical label on the drive, but the information on the label may be incorrect or out of date or the label might fall off over time.

The magnetic properties, however, can lead to mechanical breakdowns.

Later, in the 1970s and 1980s, SSDs were implemented in semiconductor memory for early computing companies, but they were seldom used because of the prohibitively high price.

Flash modules did have the limitation of needing to be re-formatted entirely to reclaim space from deleted or modified files; old versions of files which were deleted or modified continued to take up space until the module was formatted.

The high cost of computer memory, its complexity, size, and requirement to stay powered to work prevented solid state-based storage from catching on in any meaningful way.

As a result, these expensive systems only found use in the supercomputing and mainframe computer markets.

They were incredibly expensive.

By comparison, the cost of a spinning hard drive had dropped below $1 per megabyte, and would plummet even further.

As a result, companies have had to expend significant resources on planning related to electronic information on SSDs.

This can be cumbersome, use unnecessary energy, and can be quite time consuming.

Previous attempts to utilize e-paper in conjunction with storage media have been limited.

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