Patent ID: 8826043

Claim:
A removable storage device configured to communicate with a host device over a Bluetooth connection, the removable storage device comprising: a flash memory for storing at least one permission for determining access to the flash memory; a processor for managing access to the flash memory, independently of the host device, based on a comparison of a request at the removable storage device to access the flash memory to at least one permission, the comparison being independent, requiring no management by an operating system of the host device, such that if the at least one permission includes a particular access type that matches the access requested in the request, the processor provides such access to the flash memory, and alternatively if the at least one permission does not include a particular access type that matches the access requested in the request, the processor denies such access to the flash memory; and a Bluetooth controller for communicating with the host device via the Bluetooth connection and, if permitted, for transmitting data from the processor.