Patent ID: 7765341
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive comprising: (a) a controller including a USB interface and a nonvolatile computer readable medium interface; (b) a nonvolatile computer readable medium in communication with the nonvolatile computer readable medium interface and configured to store data, wherein the nonvolatile computer readable medium is partitioned into at least a public partition and a private partition; (c) a USB connector in communication with the USB interface; (d) a decision component for authenticating a credential and in communication with the controller for allowing access to the private partition only if the credential is authentic, wherein the credential includes displaying an advertisement; (e) a transmitter that transmits at least a selected portion of data from the nonvolatile computer readable medium to an external device external to the USB flash drive, the transmitter being simultaneously operable with the USB connector, wherein the transmitter is separate from the USB connector; and (f) a transmission initiation selector, wherein upon selection of the transmission initiation selector the transmitter initiates transmission of the at least selected portion of data from the nonvolatile computer readable medium to the external device, the at least selected portion of data not being stored on a device supplying power to the USB flash drive and the transmission of the at least selected portion not being controlled by the device supplying power to the USB flash drive.