Appeal 2007-1289
Application 10/425,899
21. A method of securing a computer file, the method comprising the
steps of:
substantially attaching a memory device to a first computer, said
memory device comprising a USB flash drive having operating software
loaded thereon and a preloaded file structure, and said operating software
configured to recognize the computer file, and for operating the software on
the memory device;
transferring the computer file to the memory device from the
computer by operating the software on the memory device;
compressing and encrypting the computer file by operating the
software on the memory device, and applying a file extension to said
compressed and encrypted computer file indicating the file is encrypted;
substantially unattaching the memory device from the first computer;
substantially attaching the memory device with the encrypted file to a
second computer; and
decrypting the computer file by operating the software on the memory
device, whereby a user knows the file is to be decrypted from
said file extension.
The following references are relied upon or made reference to by the
Examiner:
Mooney US 6,351,813 B! Feb. 26, 2002
Sabet-Shanghi US 2002/0186842 A1 Dec. 12, 2002
(Filed Dec. 6, 2001)
Koh US 6,757,783 B2 Jun. 29, 2004
(Filed Nov. 28, 2001)
In considering the merits of the rejection of the claims on appeal, we
have made reference to the Appeal Brief filed on May 30, 2006, and the
amended, corrected Appeal Brief filed on October 6, 2006. Likewise, we
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