US 9,338,140 C1 (13,307th)
Secure data parser method and system
Mark S. O'Hare, Coto De Caza, CA (US); Rick L. Orsini, Flower Mound, TX (US); Roger S. Davenport, Campbell, TX (US); and Steven Winick, Roslyn Heights, NY (US)
Filed by Mark S. O'Hare, Coto De Caza, CA (US); Rick L. Orsini, Flower Mound, TX (US); Roger S. Davenport, Campbell, TX (US); and Steven Winick, Roslyn Heights, NY (US)
Assigned to SECURITY FIRST INNOVATIONS
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,836, Jan. 31, 2026.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 9,338,140, issued May 10, 2016, Appl. No. 13/468,383, May 10, 2012.
Application 90/019,836 is a continuation of application No. 11/258,839, filed on Oct. 25, 2005, granted, now 8,266,438.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/622,146, filed on Oct. 25, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/718,185, filed on Sep. 16, 2005.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Aug. 4, 2026.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 67/1074 (2022.01); H04L 69/14 (2022.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0428 (2013.01) [G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/606 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 63/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 67/108 (2013.01); H04L 69/14 (2013.01); G06F 11/1092 (2013.01); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-17 is confirmed.
1. A secure storage network comprising:
a plurality of physical storage devices storing thereon a plurality of shares, the plurality of shares being associated with at least one session key used to secure a dataset; and
a secure storage system configured to:
present to a client device a virtual disk, the virtual disk comprising a directory mapped to the plurality of physical storage devices such that physical locations of the shares are hidden from the client device;
generate the plurality of shares for storage on the plurality of physical storage devices by performing a securing operation on the dataset received from the client device and distributing the dataset in the shares;
include with each of the plurality of shares data indicative of the at least one session key used to secure the dataset; and
reconstitute the dataset from at least a portion of the plurality of shares stored on the physical storage devices in response to a request from the client device for information in the dataset.