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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Jason Spottswood, Houston, TX (US);

Mark A. Piwonka, Tomball, TX (US);

Patrick L. Gibbons, Magnolia, TX (US);

Scott B. Marcak, Cypress, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jason Spottswood, Houston, TX (US);

Mark A. Piwonka, Tomball, TX (US);

Patrick L. Gibbons, Magnolia, TX (US);

Scott B. Marcak, Cypress, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There is provided a system and method for programming a data storage device with a password. Specifically, there is provided a method comprising initiating a password programming routine for a data storage device, and programming the data storage device with the password associated with an external storage medium, wherein the data storage device is configured to condition access to the data stored on the data storage device based on the password.


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