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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:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Danny O. Ybarra, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Danny O. Ybarra, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Data storage devices having one or more data security features are provided according to various embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment, a data storage device comprises buffer and a buffer client. The buffer client comprises a scrambler configured to receive a configuration setting and a secret key on a certain event, to configure a scrambling function based on the received configuration setting, and to scramble data with the secret key using the scrambling function, wherein the buffer client is configured to write the scrambled data to the buffer.