Appeal No. 2001-1786
Application 08/420,796
inserted into the conventional floppy disk drive or tape cassette
drive of the electronic computer. A data processing means within
the device performs processing of data to enable secure access,
encryption and affecting operation of the electronic computer.
The device operates to simulate the presence of a floppy disk or
a tape cassette as input to the computer.
Representative claim 28 is reproduced as follows:
28. A data security system for electronic data processing
equipment, the electronic data processing equipment having a
central processing unit with a storage unit, the storage unit
being one of a diskette drive and a tape cassette storage unit
having at least one magnetic read/write head, and a device for
providing data security, the device comprising:
housing means for housing components of the device, and for
insertion into the storage unit, the housing means being of a
shape and size of one of a diskette and a cassette housing and
being designed to fit at least partially into and operatively
engage the storage unit;
a single interface means disposed in said housing means, for
transferring data to and from the device and the at least one
magnetic read/write head of the storage unit of the electronic
data processing equipment;
data processor means, disposed in said housing means and
operatively connected to said interface means, for performing
processing of data to enable secure access, encryption, and
affecting operation of the electronic data processing equipment;
a battery, disposed in said housing means, for storing
energy to operate the device; and
wherein the interface means includes simulation means for
simulating one of a diskette and a tape storage medium, the
simulation means comprising driver circuit means operatively
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