Maxio Technology Assigned Patent

Maxio Technology (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China, has been assigned a patent (11960737) developed by Fong, George, and Wen, Zhehang, Hangzhou, China, for “self-deploying encrypted hard disk, deployment method thereof, self-deploying encrypted hard disk system and boot method thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed is a self-deploying encrypted hard disk, a deployment method thereof, a system and a boot method thereof. The self-deploying encrypted hard disk comprises a storage medium and a master control unit for placing a host system in communication with the storage medium, which comprises a system data area comprising: a configuration module, wherein when the self-deploying encrypted hard disk boots up under an unconfigured state, executable code of the configuration module is imported into the host system to assist a user in configuring operation characteristics of the self-deploying encrypted hard disk and a system comprising the self-deploying encrypted hard disk, an identity authentication module, wherein when the identity authentication module boots up after the operation characteristics have been configured by the configuration module, the identity authentication module performs security authentication on user identity and operating environment, and grants access permission to a user who has passed the security authentication.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-10-12 (17/964171).