Appeal No. 2002-2128 Application No. 08/793,984 The disclosed invention relates to a personal data archive system for transporting large quantities of data, such as medical history data, from one application to another or from one service provider to another. Included in the system are first and second portable memory devices and at least one associated authorization checking device. The first portable memory device, which stores non-critical but frequently used data, is accessible independent of the second portable memory device, which has a larger data storage capacity and is used to store critical but less frequently used data. Claim 43 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows: 43. A personal data archive system comprising: a first portable memory device containing personal data solely of a single owner; a second portable memory device of greater data storage capacity than and differing from said first portable memory device, said second portable memory device containing additional personal data associated solely with said single owner, wherein said second portable memory device is separate from said first portable memory device, and a full set of personal data consists of data of the single owner stored on said first and second portable memory devices; and at least one authorization-checking device associated with said first and second portable memory devices in order to access data stored on each memory device wherein the authorization- checking device can be enabled only as a function of a positive authorization and authentication process; and 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007