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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
May. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael F Jones, Nashua, NH (US);
Arthur Zachai, Swampscott, MA (US);
Assignee:
Telequip Corporation, Hollis, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395491 ; 395430 ; 395442 ; 395833 ; 39518801 ; 380 23 ; 380 25 ;
Abstract
A detachable PCMCIA memory card incorporating a smartcard integrated circuit for storing a password value and logic circuitry for preventing access to information stored on the memory card unless the user of the host computer to which the memory card is connected can supply a password matching the stored password. The smartcard integrated circuit may also be used to store public and private key values used to encrypt and decrypt data stored on the card or elsewhere on the host computer or exchanged with a remote computer.
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