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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2006
Glen William Scales, Cedar Park, TX (US);
James Elliott, Douglasville, GA (US);
Jonathan Norton, Atlanta, GA (US);
Glen William Scales, Cedar Park, TX (US);
James Elliott, Douglasville, GA (US);
Jonathan Norton, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for the secure deletion of data stored within a data processing system. The method includes the steps of executing a flag routine, wherein data is flagged for possible future deletion; executing an authorization routine to authorize the deletion of the flagged data; and receiving a deletion trigger, the deletion trigger initiating the execution of a data deletion routine to delete the flagged data. An exemplary data processing system configured to delete the flagged data is also provided.