Patent ID: 9270683
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for authenticating a storage device, comprising: receiving, from a sender, a manifest, the manifest identifying a destination; validating a format of the manifest; transmitting, to the sender, a device identifier that identifies the storage device; receiving the storage device as a package physically transported from the sender, wherein the storage device is a portable physical device configured to store data, and the storage device has a digital signature stored thereon; reading from the storage device, via a transfer station, the digital signature stored on the storage device; validating the digital signature; retrieving the manifest based on the device identifier; and authorizing, based on the validation of the digital signature, a transfer of one or more files from the storage device, via the transfer station, to the destination identified in the manifest.