Patent ID: 8677092

Claim:
A memory device comprising: a first memory; a second memory; and a controller coupled to the first memory and to the second memory, the controller configured to provide control instructions to a host device, receive at least one data block comprising a control command and authentication data from the host device, authenticate the at least one data block based on the authentication data, identify the control command, and set a mode of the memory device to control access to at least one of the first memory or the second memory by subsequent input-output commands from the host device based on the control command, wherein the control instructions comprise an executable file and an initiation file, wherein the executable file is executable by the host device to generate the at least one data block, and wherein the initiation file identifies a first icon for display in association with the first memory when the memory device is in an unlocked mode, and further identifies a second icon for display in association with the second memory when the memory device is in a locked mode.