| 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)] |

| AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT: |
| The patentability of claims 1-17 is confirmed. |
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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.
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