Patent ID: 8402283

Claim:
A reprogrammable non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising: an unprotected portion for storage of unprotected information; a protected information portion for storing protected information, wherein said protected information portion resides on a host protection area which is restricted to access by a trusted device, wherein said computer readable storage medium is an Advanced Technology Attachment-5 (ATA-5) hard disk drive and each file on said protected information portion of said ATA-5 hard disk drive is encrypted in a special a two pass encryption comprising: a first pass encryption using a real-time decryptable algorithm so content can be played back in real time; and a second pass encryption which locks files while access is unauthorized; and a protection interface for protecting information in said protected information portion, wherein said protection interface engages in a trusted device verification protocol that verifies identification information is associated with said trusted device and marks unlocked protected information to prevent access by an untrusted machine, wherein said mark is forwarded with said unlocked protected information to said trusted device.