Patent ID: 7692580

Claim:
A device comprising: a housing; a locational information module for determining location information of the device, the determined location information being at least one route traveled by the device; an encryption module for encrypting the determined location information; a removable storage module for storing the encrypted location information, the removable storage module being removably disposed in the housing; a processing module for sending the encrypted location information to the removable storage module disposed in the device and retrieving the encrypted location information in the removable storage module; an input module disposed on the housing configured for receiving a code string from a user, wherein the user inputted code string is used for encrypting and decrypting the location information stored in the removable storage module; a user verification module including an identity capture device for indicating an identity of the user, wherein the user verification module verifies the identity of the user of the device, and upon verification, the processing module is configured to submit the received user inputted code string of the user to the encryption module for decrypting the location information stored in the removable storage module; and a hardware interlock for preventing removal of the removal storage module, wherein upon verification of the identity of the user, the processing module is further configured to unlock the hardware interlock to enable removal of the removable storage module.