Innotek Assigned Patent

Innotek, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, has been assigned a patent (11,388,000) developed by Lee, David Tak-Wai, College Station, TX, for “systems and methods to facilitate data security in a portable storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A portable storage device for connecting to a computer. The storage device includes a digital memory storage, a digital lock mechanism coupled to the digital memory storage, a wireless communication system coupled to the digital lock mechanism and a communication interface coupled to the digital lock mechanism. The communication interface is for connecting the portable storage device to the computer. The digital lock mechanism operates to prevent data in the digital memory storage from being transferred over the communication interface to the computer unless the digital lock mechanism is unlocked using the wireless communication system. A method for connecting and the portable storage device to a computer and then unlocking the portable storage device using the communication interface and the wireless communication system is also provided.”

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2020 (16/903,175).