Patent AU-2008200762-B2 (AU)
Title: System for Storing Encrypted Data by Sub-Address
Inventor: MATZE JOHN E
IPC: H04L9/00
Filed: 2008-02-15
Granted: 2011-07-21
Abstract: UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450 ww -upto.gov APPLICATION NO. ISSUE DATE PATENT NO. ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO. 11/750,836 03/15/2011 7908473 11442.2 1825 23862 7590 02/23/2011 NYDEGGER & ASSOCIATES 348 OLIVE STREET SAN DIEGO, CA 92103 ISSUE NOTIFICATION he projected patent number and issue date are specified above. Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b) (application filed on or after May 29, 2000) he Patent Term Adjustment is 970 day(s). Any patent to issue from the above-identified application will nclude an indication of the adjustment on the front page. f a Continued Prosecution Application (CPA) was filed in the above-identified application, the filing date that determines Patent Term Adjustment is the filing date of the most recent CPA. Applicant will be able to obtain more detailed information by accessing the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) WEB site (http://pair.uspto.gov). Any questions regarding the Patent Term Extension or Adjustment determination should be directed to the )ffice of Patent Legal Administration at (571)-272-7702. Questions relating to issue and publication fee >ayments should be directed to the Application Assistance Unit (AAU) of the Office of Data Management ODM) at (571)-272-4200. APPLICANT(s) (Please see PAIR WEB site http://pair.uspto.gov for additional applicants): ohn E. G. Matze, Poway, CA; Application No. Applicant(s) 11/750,836 MATZE, JOHN E. G. Notice of Allowability Examiner Art Unit AMIR MEHRMANESH 2438 -- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address- aims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included with (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL-85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS "ICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative e Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308. This communication is responsive to Amendment filed 08/31/2010. Q The allowed claim(s) is/are 1,5-8,11 and 14-16. ] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 11 9(a)-(d) or (f). a) l All b) l Some* c) LI None of the: 1. LI Certified copies of the priority documents have been received. 2. Z Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. . 3. L- Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)). * Certified copies not received: . plicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE "MAILING DATE" of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements ted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application. IS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE. ] A SUBSTITUTE OATH OR DECLARATION must be submitted. Note the attached EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT or NOTICE OF INFORMAL PATENT APPLICATION (PTO-152) which gives reason(s) why the oath or declaration is deficient. ] CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as "replacement sheets") must be submitted. (a) C including changes required by the Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review ( PTO-948) attached 1) E] hereto or 2) LI to Paper No./Mail Date . 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L Notice of Informal Patent Application ] Notice of Draftperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948) 6. 0 Interview Summary (PTO-413), Paper No./Mail Date 10/28/2010. ] Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08), 7. 0 Examiner's Amendment/Comment Paper No./Mail Date ] Examiner's Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit 8. 0 Examiner's Statement of Reasons for Allowance of Biological Material 9. LI Other . /IR MEHRMANESH/ miner, Art Unit 2438 Patent and Trademark Office )I .. 7 /Ppu AA..Rfl Anfira nf AIInwznhilitu Pnrt nf Pnnor Aln IMAii 1-intp 9A112R Application/Control Number: 11/750,836 Page 2 Art Unit: 2438 DETAILED ACTION 1. Claims 1, 5-8, 11, and 14-16 are pending. EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT 2. An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee. Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in a telephone interview with Mr. Neil Nydegger Reg. No. 30,202 on 10/28/2010. The application has been amended as follows: Please REPLACE CLAIMS 1-4. 8, 12-13, 17, and 19-20 WITH THE FOLLOWING: Claim 1 (Currently Amended), A method for transferring encrypted electronic data from a host server, via a main address of a storage facility, to a final sub-address of a storage device, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a header portion and a data area for the electronic data being transferred, wherein the header portion includes the main address of the storage facility; dividing the data area into a first part and a second part, wherein the sub-address of the storage device is in the first part; encrypting the second part of the data area; Application/Control Number: 11/750,836 Page 3 Art Unit: 2438 transferring the electronic data, via the main address, to the sub-address of the storage device; wherein the header portion and data area are established in accordance with a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) ; wherein the data area includes an "x+1" number of data packets, sequentially numbered from "0" through "x", and wherein the first part of the data area is in the "0" data packet: and wherein the first part of the data area is structured in accordance with ISCSI protocol and comprises the first 48 bytes of the "0" data packet. Claim 2 (Canceled). Claim 3 (Canceled). Claim 4 (Canceled). Claim 8 (Currently Amended), A method for storing electronic data to a storage device, wherein the electronic data is formatted in accordance with a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and has a header with a main address and a data area, the method comprising the steps of: dividing the data area into a first part and a second part, wherein the sub-address of the storage device is in the first part; encrypting the second part of the data area; transferring the electronic data to a main address of a storage facility; and Application/Control Number: 11/750,836 Page 4 Art Unit: 2438 routing the electronic data from the main address of the storage facility to a sub address of the storage device for storage. wherein the data area includes an "x+1" number of data packets, sequentially numbered from "0" through "x", and wherein the first part of the data area is in the "0" data packet: and wherein the first part of the data area is structured in accordance with ISCSI protocol and comprises the first 48 bytes of the "0" data Packet. Claim 12 (Canceled). Claim 13 (Canceled). Claim 17 (Canceled). Claim 19 (Canceled). Claim 20 (Canceled). Allowable Subject Matter 3. Applicant's arguments have been considered and are determined to be persuasive. Claims 1, 5-8, 11, and 14-16 are allowed. The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance: Newly amended independent claims land 8 are allowed in view of the examiner's amendment and for reasons argued by applicant in pages 6-8 of the Remarks, filed August 31, 2010, and dependent claims 5-7,11, and 14-16 depend upon one of the above-mentioned allowed claims and are therefore allowed by virtue of their dependencies. Application/Control Number: 11/750,836 Page 5 Art Unit: 2438 Prior art of record, Pham (US 2003/0115447 Al) discloses a network media access controller which transfers and stores encrypted data to a network-attached data storage and discloses the network-attached data storage subsystem is responsive to a data storage command (i.e. routing the data) to store first data to the storage device and external storage system (i.e. main address) includes one or more target nodes (sub address) or storage devices that provides persistent data storage. And, prior art of record, Chiu (US 7325075 B1) teaches dividing the data packet into the segment and including a data-in header to each data segment and then data-in header and data segment are inserted into the payload of the data frame which also includes the destination address . However, Pham and Chiu, as well as art listed in the Applicant's Information Disclosure Statement fail to teach dividing the data area into a first part and a second part, wherein the sub-address of the storage device is in the first part; encrypting the second part of the data area; transferring the electronic data, via the main address, to the sub-address of the storage device; wherein the data area includes an "x+1" number of data packets, sequentially numbered from "0" through "x", and wherein the first part of the data area is in the "0" data packet; and wherein the first part of the data area is structured in accordance with ISCSI protocol and comprises the first 48 bytes of the "0" data packet. None of the prior art of record, either taken by itself or in any combination, would have anticipated or made obvious the invention of the present application at or before the time it wa