Gemalto Assigned Patent

Gemalto SA, Meudon, France, has been assigned a patent (9,985,960) developed by Chi, Zhaolin, Meudon, France, for a “method for protecting data on a mass storage device and a device for the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for protecting data on a mass storage device. The device has a security module and a data storage area configured to be switched between a protected state, in which accessing the data storage area is forbidden and an unprotected state, in which accessing the data storage area is authorized. Switching the data storage area from the protected state to the unprotected state by sending a request to a remote server, receiving a one-time password on a communication device, in response to the sent request, providing the received one-time password to the security module, authorizing access to the data storage area by the security module, once the provided one-time password is deemed valid by the security module.”

The patent application was filed on May 21, 2013 (14/403,327).