Patents by Inventor Phillip T. Muehring

Phillip T. Muehring has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20030145183
    Abstract: The present invention provides for selectively securing data to a removable storage medium (15). A convey device (11) having an identifier and operable to read an identifier from the removable storage medium (15) and further operable to encrypt the data and write the encrypted data and a passkey to the removable storage medium (15). The passkey includes the convey device identifier, removable storage medium identifier, and a content code which corresponds to the data. An access device (17) having in input adapted to receive the removable storage medium (15) and operable to read the removable storage medium identifier and passkey. The access device (17) is further operable to decrypt the encrypted data in response to an encryption code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventor: Phillip T. Muehring