Innodisk Assigned Two Patents

Storage device and method for maintaining normal boot operation of storage device
Innodisk Corporation, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11768742) developed by Chen, Ming-Sheng, Wu, Chih-Ching, and Kuo, Chin-Chung, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “data storage device and method for maintaining normal boot operation of data storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data storage device is disclosed. The data storage device comprises a controller and a data storage unit. The controller comprises a firmware. The data storage unit comprises a first system storage sector and a second system storage sector. A state of the first system storage sector is preset as a display state by the firmware, and a state of the second system storage sector is preset as a hidden state by the firmware. The first system storage sector stores an original operating system, and the second system storage sector stores a backup operating system. When the original operating system damages, the firmware will recover the original operating system in the first system storage sector via the backup operating system in the second system storage sector, afterwards, a boot operation can be executed via the original operating system recovered, again.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-09-14 (17/474386).

Data protection
Innodisk Corporation, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11768969) developed by Kuo, Chin-Chung, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “data protection system and method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data protection system is disclosed. The data protection system comprises a cloud management platform and at least one data storage device. The cloud management platform includes a database stored with at least one key. The data storage device includes a data storage unit, a microprocessor, and a network communication component. The microprocessor is communicated with the cloud management platform by the network communication component. The data storage unit comprises a controller and a plurality of flash memories. The flash memories store a plurality of encrypted data. The microprocessor sends a key extraction request including a unique code to the cloud management platform. The cloud management platform selects the key matching to the unique code in the key extraction request from the database, and transmits the selected key to the data storage device. The controller of the data storage device decrypts the encrypted data by the key.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-09-23 (17/483310).