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Patent No.:

US 9183415 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2011

Regulating access using information regarding a host machine of a portable storage drive

Applicants:

Preston Derek Adam, Woodinville, WA (US);

Sai Vinayak, Redmond, WA (US);

Octavian T. Ureche, Bellevue, WA (US);

Stefan Thom, Snohomish, WA (US);

Himanshu Soni, Redmond, WA (US);

Nicolae Voicu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Preston Derek Adam, Woodinville, WA (US);

Sai Vinayak, Redmond, WA (US);

Octavian T. Ureche, Bellevue, WA (US);

Stefan Thom, Snohomish, WA (US);

Himanshu Soni, Redmond, WA (US);

Nicolae Voicu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Timothy Churna

Judy Yee

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Tae Kim

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 1/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/78 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01); H04L 9/0897 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2107 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2129 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are techniques for regulating access to a portable storage drive, that stores an operating system securely, using information regarding a host machine. In accordance with some of the techniques described herein, when a portable storage drive that stores an operating system securely is to be accessed by a host machine, information regarding the host machine, such as information regarding the hardware of the host machine, may be retrieved and evaluated to determine whether to grant access to the host machine. When the host machine is granted access, the host machine may access secured data stored on the portable storage drive in any suitable manner. In some cases, accessing the secured data may include decrypting the secured data and transferring decrypted data to another storage of the host machine. The decrypted information may include an operating system that is booted by the host machine.

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