Patent ID: 9330247
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A memory card comprising: a memory resident on the memory card and having stored thereon multiple isolated user accounts each having an associated user account data; and a firmware stored in a permanent portion of the memory, the firmware including one or more stored encryption keys, each corresponding to one of the multiple isolated user accounts, the firmware further including coded instructions, which when executed, selectively manages each isolated user account so that an account access data for a predetermined isolated user account is accessed from the associated user account data when the firmware determines an account credential verification is satisfied where the firmware interfaces with a secure access system to receive a communication from the secure access system and functions to determine when a tag information within the communication from the secure access system that is requesting authentication matches a tag associated with one of the multiple isolated user accounts and further determine when an encryption key within the communication from the secure access system matches the stored encrypted key corresponding to the one of the multiple isolated user accounts, wherein the firmware includes independent firmware components associated with each of the multiple isolated user accounts, each isolated user account employing an encryption type based on the independent firmware component.