Patent ID: 9479335
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A secure encrypted mass-storage drive device that stores digital data files of a user and interfaces with a host computer system by way of a universal serial bus port to access the digital data files without operation of an operating system of the host computer system, said secure encrypted mass-storage device comprising: a partitioned mass-storage disk drive comprising a read-only partition that is a read-only software-bearing partition and at least one encrypted file system partition comprising a set of encrypted data files that are accessible only to an authenticated user; a self-running operating system that is automatically loaded during power-up of the host computer system when the secure encrypted mass-storage drive device is connected to a USB port of the host computer system; and a set of authentication applications that are presented during power-up of the host computer system and as the self-running operating system is automatically loaded, said authentication applications presented to authenticate a username and a password of the user.