Patent ID: 11880459
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. A mobile storage device scanning and control method performed on an independently operating scanning apparatus, the method comprising:
detecting insertion of a mobile storage device;
scanning the mobile storage device to determine whether the mobile storage device poses a security threat; and
after determining the mobile storage device does not pose a security threat, performing a specific operation on the mobile storage device so the specific operation is recorded in a file system log of the mobile storage device, wherein the record of the specific operation in the file system log is used to mark whether the mobile storage device has been modified after being scanned;
detecting another insertion of the mobile storage device;
checking whether the last record in a file system log in the mobile storage device is a record of the specific operation, wherein the record is formed by the mobile storage device undergoing the specific operation after being scanned and determined to not pose a security threat; and
if the last record in a file system log in the mobile storage device is a record of the specific operation, permitting a user to access the mobile storage device, and otherwise prohibiting the user from accessing the mobile storage device.