Flexxon Assigned Patent
Authenticating data transfer between storage device and host device
By Francis Pelletier | April 26, 2023 at 2:00 pmFlexxon PTE. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore, has been assigned a patent (11610026) developed by Ling, Chan Mei, and Bouguerra, Nizar, Singapore, Singapore, for “module and method for authenticating data transfer between a storage device and a host device“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “This document describes a module and method for authenticating data transfer between a storage device and a host device. The module is configured to allow encrypted data to be exchanged between the storage device and the host device once the module has verified that the storage device has been correctly paired with an authorized host device whereby the verification step does not require a password to be manually entered or an additional external device to be attached.”
The patent application was filed on 2022-01-13 (17/575221).