ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,318, issued on March 11, was assigned to iStorage Ltd (Middlesex, Great Britain).
"Portable encryption device with multiple keys" was invented by John Michael (London) and Quan Xu (Middlesex, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (100;120;140) and method (600) for storing encryption keys are provided. The device comprises: a first connector for connection to a computer, an internal memory (104); an input module (101); and an authentication module (103) for receiving user identification information, via the input module, from a user. The authentication module is configured to check received user identification informa...