TW201911104A - Multi-purpose dual-interface storage apparatus with data security function including a hard disk, an arithmetic unit, a client transmission interface and a network transmission interface - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to a multi-purpose dual-interface storage apparatus with a data security function, including a hard disk with a system platform and data built therein, an arithmetic unit, a client transmission interface and a network transmission interface, wherein the system platform is provided with an authentication unit, the arithmetic unit has a built-in formatting instruction, and after an external client device is connected to the hard disk, authentication must be performed before the data in the hard disk may be read. If an authorization period is exceeded or a user decides to delete the data in the hard disk, the formatting instruction may be executed by a cloud or by the arithmetic unit to format the hard disk so as to erase the data in the hard disk, which may prevent the data from being illegally stolen or used, and may also restore a dual-interface hard disk box to a general networked portable storage apparatus to achieve the purposes of data security and multiple purposes.

Description

Multi-purpose dual interface storage device with data security

The invention relates to a multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function, which relates to data preservation, authentication and authorization in a storage device, and a dual-interface transmission technology between a client and a cloud, which is particularly suitable for use in teaching or other authorization. The storage of the software and audio and video files used.

With the advancement of technology and the development of Internet information, more and more unauthorized movies and software are illegally circulated on the Internet. These films and softwares are completed by the copyright owner or copyright owner with great effort, material resources and financial resources. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a perfect method of data preservation to avoid being improperly used.

For example, the applicant has developed a number of patents on digital learning boxes, including TWM490631, TWM469583, TWM468709, TW201539399A, TW201514944A, TW201513646A, etc., mainly built-in learning platform and transmission interface in the storage device, so that students can use mobile phones and tablets at any time. After the computer, notebook computer, desktop computer, TV or projector is connected to the storage device, the learning video in the storage device can be played at any time through the operating learning platform or the teaching material can be read for learning. Support, carry out advanced learning items such as data search, online counseling, and consultation.

Among them, teaching films must be hired by professional teachers to edit and produce them. It is not only expensive, but also involves the exclusive rights granted by law, such as copyright and copyright. The teaching materials, question bank and so on, as well as professional teachers must also be hired for data collection. Editors, questions, etc., therefore must implement the membership mechanism, data preservation mechanism to prevent the illegal use of teaching films or teaching materials.

For example, the teaching content of the above digital learning box has a certain time course and progress, so that each student has a certain timeliness for the teaching film or teaching materials of the digital learning box, so when designing the membership mechanism, You need to set an authorization period to limit usage.

In addition, in addition to the software materials related to intellectual property rights such as teaching videos and teaching materials, the digital learning box contains hardware devices such as hard disk, user transmission interface, and network transmission interface, so it is expensive. When the digital learning box is provided for the user to carry around with the study, it is advisable to take a short-term lease or a device to sell the product in order to comply with the market mechanism.

However, whether it is a short-term lease or a device sale, when the user learns to come to an end, or other conditions that have not yet been viewed in the digital learning box, the above authorization mechanism will be returned unless the return device returns the deposit. The storage device beyond the authorization period can no longer be used, so it is necessary to design a method that can preserve the data in the storage device and can still reuse the storage device after the authorization period.

In view of the above various data preservation, authorization mechanism, and reuse of hardware devices, the present inventors have developed a multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function based on the previous digital learning box, which can effectively solve the problem. The above question.

The object of the present invention is to provide a multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function, which enables a user to read, edit, and play videos and materials on a hard disk at any time by using an external user device under legal authorization, or Advanced learning through network support, especially when the license period is exceeded, or when the user decides to delete the data on the hard disk, the data in the storage device can be erased and the storage device can be reused.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a data security function multi-purpose dual interface storage device, comprising: a hard disk with a system platform and data built therein, an operation unit for executing and executing various instructions of the system platform of the hard disk, a client transmission interface for signal connection of the external client device, and a network transmission interface for connecting to the cloud through the network; wherein: the system platform further comprises a pair of external client devices for providing membership and authorization period authentication The authentication unit has a built-in formatted instruction for performing formatting on the hard disk, and the external client device must first authenticate the authentication unit to read the hard disk data, when the authentication unit is authorized. When the expiration date, or when the user decides to delete the data on the hard disk, the computing unit executes the formatting command on the hard disk to erase the system platform and data in the hard disk, and restore the hard disk to be arbitrarily saved. Take the status.

In implementation, the cloud is provided with a server operating system and an authorization database, the authorization database has membership and authorization period data, and the server operating system is compatible with the system platform in the hard disk for checking the authorization data. The membership and authorization period of the library and the certification unit, and the membership and authorization period in the certification unit are updated through the system platform.

In implementation, the formatting instruction of the computing unit to the hard disk is expired by the cloud server operating system in the authorization database to verify the authorization period of the authentication unit, or the user decides to delete the data in the hard disk, and then the cloud is The server operating system causes the arithmetic unit to execute the formatted command through the network transmission interface.

In implementation, the formatting instruction is automatically executed by the computing unit after the authentication unit of the system platform expires, or the user decides to delete the data in the hard disk.

In implementation, the system platform further includes an encryption/decryption unit for encrypting all data in a pair of hard disks, and the external client device is installed with an application software compatible with the hard disk system platform, and the external client device signal After being connected to the hard disk and operating the application software to be authenticated by the authentication unit, the encryption/decryption unit will decrypt the data first, and then perform the second encryption and then transmit to the external client device through the client transmission interface. It is decrypted by the application software of the external client device and then read.

In implementation, the system platform in the hard disk is a learning platform for teaching purposes, and the data in the hard disk includes but is not limited to teaching videos, teaching materials, question banks, and learning diagnosis.

Compared with the prior art, the dual interface hard disk case of the present invention has various data preservation effects and functions of hardware device reuse, including:

1. After the computing unit executes the formatting command on the hard disk to erase the system platform and data on the hard disk, it can effectively prevent the data on the hard disk from being illegally stolen and copied.

2. After the hard disk is formatted, it can be restored to an arbitrarily accessible state, so that the user can still use the external client device to store other data on the hard disk, and connect to the Internet through the network transmission interface to form a networked portable hard disk. .

3. In the embodiment with the encryption/decryption unit, all the data stored on the hard disk is encrypted and stored, and can be read after being correctly decrypted, thereby preventing a third person from the dual interface hard disk case of the present invention. After disassembling the hard disk, illegally copy or use the data on the hard disk.

4. In the embodiment with the encryption/decryption unit, before the decrypted data is output through the user interface, the data is output after the second encryption, and after being transmitted to the external client device, the external user device must be After the application software is decrypted, it can be read correctly to avoid data being captured during transmission.

5. The external client device must pass the member authentication before it can read the data, and after the network transmission interface is connected to the network, the member data is checked or updated by the cloud to ensure that the client device is connected to the dual interface of the present invention. The hard disk box has been legally authorized.

In the following, according to the technical means of the present invention, embodiments suitable for the present invention are listed, and the following description is in conjunction with the drawings:

As shown in the first figure and the second figure, the multi-purpose dual interface storage device 100 of the present invention has a data security function, including: a hard disk 10, an operation unit 20, a client transmission interface 30, and a network transmission. Interface 40. among them:

The hard disk 10 has a system platform 11 and data 12 built therein, and the system platform 11 includes an authentication unit 13 that can provide the membership 131 and the authorization period 132 to the external client device 200. In implementation, the system platform 11 can be a learning platform for teaching purposes, and the data 12 in the hard disk 10 includes, but is not limited to, teaching videos, teaching materials, question banks, learning diagnoses, and the like.

The operation unit 20 provides instructions for computing and executing the system platform 11 in the hard disk 10, and has a formatting instruction 21 built therein. When the operation unit 20 executes the formatting instruction 21, the hard disk 10 can be formatted. The system platform 11 and all the data 12 in the hard disk 10 are erased. In addition, the formatting command 21 should be burned into the computing unit 20 in a firmware manner, so that the hard disk 10 can be used as a general storage device after being formatted.

The client transmission interface 30 is used to signal the external client device 200 for the external client device 200 to read the data 12 after the operating system platform 11. In implementation, the external client device 200 includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, and a networked television. The client transmission interface 30 is a wired or wireless transmission interface, including but not limited to WiFi, WLAN, Wireless HD, WHDI, HDMI.

In implementation, the external client device 200 is installed with an application software 201 compatible with the hard disk 10 system platform 11. When the external client device 200 is connected to the hard disk 10, the application software 201 can be input by the application platform 201 corresponding to the system platform 11. After the authentication data, the authentication unit 13 authenticates the membership 131 and the authorization period 132, and then reads the data in the hard disk 10.

The network transmission interface 40 is used to connect to the cloud 300 through the network, and the external client device 200 connected through the client transmission interface 30 can be connected to the cloud 300 via the network transmission interface 40; when implemented, the network The transmission interface 40 is a wired or wireless transmission interface, including but not limited to: WiFi, 3G/4G/5G, network routing, and optical fiber.

In the normal use state, when the user operates the external client device 200 to connect to the hard disk 10 through the client transmission interface 30, the application software 201 must be operated first to pass the authentication of the authentication unit 13 in the system platform 11, and then the device can be saved. Take the data 12 from the hard disk 10.

When the authorization period of the authentication unit 13 in the hard disk 10 expires, or the user decides to delete the data in the hard disk, the operation unit 20 may execute the formatting instruction 21 to format the hard disk 10 to erase the hard disk 10. In the system platform 11 and all the data 12, and restore the hard disk 10 to a generally arbitrarily accessible hard disk, the user can still use the external after the authorization period expires, or the data in the hard disk is deleted at his own discretion. The client device 200 stores other materials on the hard disk 10, and connects to the Internet through the network transmission interface 40 to form a networked portable hard disk for multi-purpose purposes.

In implementation, the manner in which the computing unit 20 executes the formatting instruction 21 may be executed by the cloud 300, or may be automatically executed by the computing unit 20 after the expiration of the authorization period 132, or the user may decide to use the hard disk. 10 formatted.

The manner in which the command is executed by the cloud 300 is to set a server operating system 301 and an authorization database 302 in the cloud 300. The authorization database 302 has information such as membership and authorization period, and the server operating system 301 and The system platform 11 in the hard disk 10 is compatible to check whether the authorization period and the like in the authorization database 302 are consistent with the membership and authorization period of the authentication unit 13 of the hard disk 10, and the authorization database 302 can also pass. The system platform 11 updates the membership 131 and the authorization period 132 in the authentication unit 13, so that the user can renew the authorization in the cloud 300.

In this way, when the server operating system 301 verifies that the authorization period of the authentication unit 13 in the system platform 11 expires in the authorization database 302, the server operating system 301 of the cloud 300 can start the operation unit 20 through the network transmission interface 40. The format instruction 21 is executed. Similarly, when the user has no need to use the hard disk 10, the data in the hard disk may be deleted and executed by the operation unit 20 to implement the hardware device. The features utilized.

In order to further protect the data 12 in the hard disk 10, the system platform 11 further includes an encryption/decryption unit 14 which can store all the data 12 stored in the hard disk 10 and output from the hard disk 10. The data 12 is encrypted again. When the hard disk 10 decrypts the output data and encrypts the output data 12 again through the encryption/decryption unit 14, the application software 201 of the external client device 200 can decrypt the re-encrypted material 12 to make the external client device 200. The data 12 can be read correctly.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized user from detaching the hard disk 10 and then reading the data 12 in the hard disk 10 after being connected by other devices such as a computer, and also avoiding the data 12 being passed through the authentication and being transmitted during the transmission. To illegal copying.

The above description of the embodiments and the drawings are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention; any of the structures, devices, features, etc. of the present invention, which are similar or identical, should be the object of creation and application of the present invention. Within the scope of patents, I hereby declare.

100‧‧‧Dual interface storage device

200‧‧‧Customer device

201‧‧‧Application software

300‧‧‧Cloud

301‧‧‧Server Operating System

302‧‧‧Authorized database

10‧‧‧ Hard disk

11‧‧‧System platform

12‧‧‧Information

13‧‧‧Authorization unit

131‧‧‧Membership

132‧‧‧ Authorization period

14‧‧‧Encryption/decryption unit

20‧‧‧ arithmetic unit

21‧‧‧Format instructions

30‧‧‧User-side transmission interface

40‧‧‧Network transmission interface

First figure: Schematic diagram of the use of the dual interface hard disk case of the present invention. Second figure: Schematic diagram of the system architecture of the dual interface hard disk case of the present invention.

Claims (6)

A multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function includes: a hard disk with a system platform and data built therein, an arithmetic unit for computing and executing various instructions of the system platform of the hard disk, and an external user terminal device a user interface transmission interface of the signal connection, and a network transmission interface connected to the cloud through the network; the system platform further comprising: an authentication unit for providing membership and authorization period authentication by a pair of external client devices, the operation The unit has a built-in formatted command that can format the hard disk, and the external client device must first pass the authentication of the authentication unit to read the hard disk data, when the authorization period of the authentication unit expires, or use When the user decides to delete the data on the hard disk, the computing unit executes the formatting command on the hard disk to erase the system platform and data in the hard disk, and restore the hard disk to an arbitrarily accessible state. The multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cloud is provided with a server operating system and an authorization database, the authorization database has membership and authorization period data, and the server operation The system is compatible with the system platform on the hard disk for checking the membership and authorization period of the authorization database and the authentication unit, and updating the membership and authorization period in the authentication unit through the system platform. The multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function according to claim 2, wherein the formatting instruction of the computing unit to the hard disk is authorized by the cloud server operating system to authorize the authentication unit in the authorization database. After expiration, or after the user decides to delete the data on the hard disk, the cloud server operating system causes the computing unit to execute the formatting command through the network transmission interface. The multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function as claimed in claim 1, wherein the formatting instruction is performed by the authentication unit of the system platform after the authorization period expires, or the user decides to delete the data in the hard disk. The arithmetic unit executes automatically. The multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the system platform further comprises an encryption/decryption unit for encrypting all data in a pair of hard disks, and the external The client device is installed with an application software compatible with the hard disk system platform, the external client device signal is connected to the hard disk, and after the application software is authenticated by the authentication unit, the encryption/decryption unit will firstly send the data. Decryption, and after the second encryption, is transmitted to the external client device through the client transmission interface, and is decrypted and read by the application software of the external client device. The multi-purpose dual-interface storage device with data security function as described in claim 5, wherein the system platform in the hard disk is a learning platform for teaching purposes, and the data in the hard disk includes but is not limited to teaching videos. , teaching materials, question bank, learning diagnosis.