Secure Storage Device with Touch Input for OS Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data storage devices require separate applications on computing devices for secure access, limiting their compatibility with various operating systems and preventing them from being bootable while providing secure access.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a touch-sensitive input device into data storage devices that allows secure access through valid tap or swipe inputs, eliminating the need for additional applications on the computing device and enabling secure access without transmitting passwords over communication interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate applications are used on computing devices for secure access to data storage devices, then security access can be provided, but compatibility with various operating systems is limited and additional applications are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the secure access functionality directly into the data storage device by integrating a touch-sensitive input device and control circuitry. This merging eliminates the need for separate applications on computing devices, as the security validation is performed within the storage device itself rather than requiring external software intermediaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The data storage device performs secure access validation autonomously using its own touch-sensitive input device and control circuitry. The device validates touch inputs directly without requiring external applications to mediate the security process, enabling self-service secure access that works across all operating systems that can interface with the touch device.
2Reliability
If passwords are transmitted over communication interfaces for secure access, then authentication can be performed, but security is compromised and additional applications are needed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the password transmission step from the authentication process. Instead of transmitting passwords over communication interfaces, the touch-sensitive input device captures and validates authentication inputs directly at the storage device, eliminating the vulnerable transmission step while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-sensitive input device serves as an intermediary that replaces password transmission. It captures authentication inputs locally and validates them through control circuitry within the storage device, acting as a mediator that eliminates the need for direct password communication between the computing device and storage device.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data storage devices require additional applications for secure access, then security can be implemented, but the devices cannot be bootable while providing secure access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges secure access functionality directly into the data storage device's hardware architecture by integrating the touch-sensitive input device and control circuitry. This allows the storage device to provide both bootable capability and secure access functionality simultaneously without requiring external applications, as the security features are embedded within the device itself.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing secure access to a data storage device. The data storage device may include a touch-sensitive input device (e.g., a touchscreen, a track pad, a touch pad, etc.). A user may provide touch input (e.g., taps and/or swipes) via the touch-sensitive input device. The data storage device may determine whether the touch input (e.g., tap/swipe input) is valid and may allow access to the data storage device (e.g., to non-volatile memory of the data storage device) when the touch input is valid.