Patent ID: 9489525
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for securely storing data in a storage system comprising: dividing comprehensible data into a plurality of data segments each comprising a plurality of data units; manipulating one or more of the plurality of data units within each data segment to form a plurality of unintelligible data segments; generating a decoding key based upon the dividing and the manipulating, the decoding key comprising a separation code that maps how the comprehensible data has been divided, a scramble code that maps how the one or more data units within each unintelligible data segment were manipulated, and a sequence code that maps each unintelligible data segment to a unique tape drive, and writing each respective unintelligible data segment to a unique removable tape cartridge installed within an external slot of the assigned unique tape drive, wherein at least two of the unique removable tape cartridges are located in distinct tape library systems at distinct physical locations and wherein the number of the plurality of unintelligible data segments equals the number of tape drives.