Patent ID: 7971017

Claim:
A flash memory card, comprising: a unique identifier for the flash memory card that is persisted within hardware of the flash memory card, the unique identifier is utilized by an analysis component to generate a corresponding identifier for data to be transferred to the flash memory card; and a flash memory cell that receives and stores the data and the corresponding identifier from the analysis component, the flash memory cell transfers the data and the corresponding identifier to a requesting entity if authentication is successful, wherein the authentication includes a first comparison, that employs the corresponding identifier, to allow the data to be at least one of copied, distributed or installed onto the requesting entity, the requesting entity performs a second comparison between the corresponding identifier and a disparate unique identifier associated with the requesting entity to prohibit the data to be at least one of transferred, viewed or installed from the requesting entity to a disparate entity, without employing the flash memory card, and the corresponding identifier is at least one of identical to, a hash of, or an encrypted version of the unique identifier persisted within the hardware of the flash memory card.