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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Joseph Linnen, Naperville, IL (US);

Avinash Rajagiri, San Jose, CA (US);

Srikar Peesari, San Jose, CA (US);

Ashish Ghai, San Jose, CA (US);

Dongxiang Liao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Rohit Sehgal, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 11/3476 (2013.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Data Storage Device (DSD) or a server is set to an unlocked state to allow access to a memory of the DSD or to a DSD of the server. Communication is established with an access station using a wireless communication interface, and an access code is received from the access station via the wireless communication interface. If the received access code is determined to be valid, the DSD or server is set to the unlocked state. According to another aspect, communication is established with a DSD or a server using a wireless communication interface, and an access code is generated and sent to the DSD or the server for setting the DSD or the server to the unlocked state.


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