US 12,423,017 B2
System and method for performing and verifying data erasure
Phyllis Tsu, Houston, TX (US); Michael Mercado, Cypress, TX (US); David Smith, La Porte, TX (US); Jianning Yue, Houston, TX (US); and Samuel Hinkhouse, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to N.F. Smith & Associates, LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by N.F. Smith & Associates, LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/840,086.
Prior Publication US 2021/0311650 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/0652 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06F 16/9038 (2019.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising: one or more processors having instructions executable by the one or more processors to: receive, at a user interface, inventory data identifying each of a plurality of computer readable storage devices; modify the inventory data to include a status field for each of the plurality of computer readable storage device, wherein the status field for each of the plurality of computer readable storage devices is configured to store a result indicator; receive, at a computing device, a first request to perform a memory management operation; send, from the computing device to a first station, a command to perform the memory management operation on a first portion of the plurality of computer readable storage devices connected to the first station, wherein the first station includes a first status indicator light, the first status indicator light comprising at least one LED that is configured to change color based on the memory management operation; receive, at the computing device from the first station, first results data indicating results of the memory management operation at the first station; update the inventory data based on the first results data, wherein the first station is configured to change a color of the at least one LED of the at least one status indicator light based on the status of the memory management operation being performed being in progress or completed, the at least one LED being a first color in response to a successfully completed memory operation, the at least one LED being a second color in response to no result being available of the memory management operation, and the at least one LED being a third color in response to a failed memory management operation; output, from the computing device, a response to a status request indicating whether any of the plurality of computer readable storage devices is not operational in response to the status field having the “Null” identifier showing no result of the memory management operation associated with that particular computer readable storage device.