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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Leonard E Russo, Tomball, TX (US);

Valiuddin Y Ali, Cypress, TX (US);

Walter a Gaspard, Magnolia, TX (US);

Christoph J Graham, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Leonard E Russo, Tomball, TX (US);

Valiuddin Y Ali, Cypress, TX (US);

Walter A Gaspard, Magnolia, TX (US);

Christoph J Graham, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2105 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2129 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2137 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for managing a storage device including identifying a lock timing for the storage device when coupling to a device, transitioning the storage device into a locked state in response to detecting the storage device decoupling from the device, and configuring the storage device to remain in the locked state if the storage device is re-coupled to the device after the lock timing has elapsed.


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