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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul S Levy, Chandler, AZ (US);
Steve Cornelius, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 52 ; 380-4 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for securing sensitive data on mass storage devices. The system and method use an encryption device to encrypt sensitive data that is to be stored on the mass storage devices. A plurality of cryptographic keys are provided to ensure that only authorized personnel have the ability to access the encrypted data.