ClevX Assigned Patent

ClevX, LLC, Kirkland, WA, has been assigned a patent (9,727,490) developed by Johnson, Simon B., Bonney Lake, WA, Bolotin, Lev M., Kirkland, WA, and Storage, William, San Francisco, CA, for a “self-locking mass storage system and method of operation thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method of operation of a self-locking mass storage system includes: providing storage media and an inactivity timer, timing a period of read/write inactivity of the storage media using the inactivity timer, comparing the period of read/write inactivity against a preset maximum idle time, locking access to the storage media when the period of read/write inactivity exceeds the preset maximum idle time, and, resetting the period of read/write inactivity following read/write activity while the self-locking mass-storage system is in an unlocked state.“

The patent application was filed on February 25, 2009 (12/392,748).