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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:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2006
Applicants:
John William Drew, Stoke Gifford, GB;
Liqun Chen, Stoke Gifford, GB;
Jonathan Peter Buckingham, Stoke Gifford, GB;
Inventors:
John William Drew, Stoke Gifford, GB;
Liqun Chen, Stoke Gifford, GB;
Jonathan Peter Buckingham, Stoke Gifford, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data transfer system comprising a host device and a data transfer device. The host device generates an encryption key based upon information unique to a removable data storage item onto which data are to be stored. The encryption key is then delivered by the host device to the data transfer device. Data to be stored are encrypted by the data transfer device using the encryption key.