Patent ID: 8875283

Claim:
A restricted access memory device including: a memory; a host interface connector; a short range communication transceiver; and a processor coupled with the memory and the short range communication transceiver and capable of storing data in the memory, determining if a memory access application is installed on a host device via the host interface connector, when the memory access application is installed on the host device, reading the data from the memory to the host device via the host interface connector when first authentication data including a password is received, via the host interface connector, from the memory access application, and when the memory access application is not installed on the host device, causing the memory access application to be installed on the host device based upon receiving a user-initiated installation instruction, and otherwise reading the data from the memory to the host device via the host interface connector when second authentication data is received via the short range communication transceiver without use of the memory access application and the first authentication data.