Donald A Lieberman

US Patent:

20080303631, Dec 11, 2008

Filed:

Jun 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/758634

Inventors:

John S. Beekley - Danville CA, US
Donald A. Lieberman - San Jose CA, US
Ngon V. Le - Fremont CA, US

International Classification:

G05B 19/00

US Classification:

340 574

Abstract:

Embodiments of a mass storage device having a locking mechanism are described. The mass storage device includes a wireless reader to receive identification data from a wireless transponder, and to determine if the identification data matches a pre-stored data. The mass storage device includes a first controller device to enable access to at least a portion of a mass storage unit when the wireless reader determines that the identification data matches the pre-stored data. In one embodiment, a method of locking a mass storage device is described. The method includes receiving first identification data from a first wireless transponder at a mass storage device and unlocking the mass storage device upon determining that the first identification data matches a first pre-stored data.