US 11,888,845 B2
Smart security storage
Ben Wei Chen, Fountain Valley, CA (US); and Chih-Hung Wu, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to KINGSTON DIGITAL, INC., Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Filed by Kingston Digital Inc., Fountain Valley, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/104,490.
Application 17/104,490 is a division of application No. 15/474,041, filed on Mar. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,880,296.
Prior Publication US 2021/0105269 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 63/0853 (2013.01) [G06F 3/062 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
a host computing device;
a smart device, comprising:
an access application to:
authenticate a user of the smart device, and
control security functionality for exploration and access of data, for both the host computing device and the smart device; and
a smart security storage, comprising:
a memory to store data thereon;
a communication module to communicate with the host computing device, a target module, and a smart device interface via a first, second, and third communication channel, respectively;
wherein the smart device interface module:
communicates with the communication module and the smart device, and
comprises a switch select for controlling three-way interface traffic flow for the communication module between the first and second communication channel or between the second and third communication channel to allow authorized exploration and access to the data stored on the memory, upon execution of one or more security operations; and
a security module to execute the one or more security operations to be performed on data stored on the memory based on instructions received from the smart device.