US 12,069,060 B2
Remote registration of a data storage device with biometric authentication
Matthew Harris Klapman, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/359,644.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417249 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06V 40/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/102 (2013.01) [G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06V 40/50 (2022.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2117 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage device comprising:
a storage medium configured to store user content data;
a memory configured to store authentication data sets;
a communication interface to communicatively couple with one or more host devices;
at least one processor configured to, alone or in combination:
register a remote user, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, alone or in combination:
communicatively couple the communication interface to a remote user host device;
register with the remote user host device as a mass data storage device with disabled access to the storage medium, wherein disabling access to the storage medium is based on disruption of a physical data path between the storage medium and the communication interface by a switch;
receive, from a secure database and through the remote user host device, a record of a biometric authentication data set of the remote user; and
store the record of the biometric authentication data set of the remote user in the memory; and
authenticate the remote user, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, alone or in combination:
receive, from a biometric reader, biometric data of the remote user;
verify that the biometric data corresponds to the record of the biometric authentication data set of the remote user stored in the memory; and
based on verification of the biometric data of the remote user, unlock the data storage device to enable access to the storage medium for the remote user host device, wherein enabling access comprises generating a physical enable signal to operate the switch to enable the physical data path between the storage medium and the communication interface.