Patent ID: 8516609
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a handheld computing device from a personal encryption device, data for operating the handheld computing device with the personal encryption device, the data for operating the handheld computing device with the personal encryption device including a PK certificate of the personal encryption device; physically connecting the personal encryption device to the handheld computing device; responsive to the connecting, displaying a main screen user interface on a display of the handheld computing device, the main screen user interface including at least one cryptography option for a user of the handheld computing device; receiving, at the handheld computing device, a user-defined input representative of selection of a first cryptography option of the at least one cryptography option; implementing, by the handheld computing device and the personal encryption device, at least one cryptography process associated with the selected first cryptography option; maintaining the PK certificate on the handheld computing device; determining whether the personal encryption device has been disconnected from the handheld computing device; and responsive to determining the personal encryption device has been disconnected from the handheld computing device, encrypting at least one of: a document, a folder, and a directory with a key of the PK certificate of the personal encryption device maintained on the handheld computing device.