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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Steven Bress, Germantown, MD (US);
Dan Bress, Germantown, MD (US);
Mike Menz, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark Joseph Menz, Folsom, CA (US);
Steven Bress, Germantown, MD (US);
Dan Bress, Germantown, MD (US);
Mike Menz, Roseville, CA (US);
Mark Joseph Menz, Folsom, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An application specific device for erasing data from a long-term storage device includes a power supply, a control circuit, and an interface to the storage device. The control circuit controls the long-term storage device to irretrievably remove data from the storage device. The storage device may be, for example, a hard disk drive or compact flash memory. The application specific device is physically small, is operating system independent, and has simple interface that is useable by non-computer professionals.