Method of Operating Ephemeral Peripheral Device

摘要

An ephemeral system includes an ephemeral communications device and associated ephemeral memory system (onboard or peripheral) for securing user data. Different secure operating modes are provided for customizing user security requirements across end-to-end communications links, including in exchanges of electronic data between smartphone devices.

主权项

1. A method of implementing a secure communications device comprising:
receiving data at a first communications device from a second communications device; designating said received data as ephemeral data to be treated in accordance with a set of ephemeral parameters by said first communications device; in response to said designating, storing said ephemeral data in an ephemeral memory device that is coupled to but separate from said first communications device; wherein said ephemeral data from said second communications device is not stored in any non-ephemeral non-volatile memory circuit of the first communications device; automatically erasing said ephemeral data from the second communications device based on said set of ephemeral parameters, including in response to one of: a) a read access; b) a time expiration; c) a predetermined event relating to said ephemeral memory device; wherein said automatically erasing effectuates an ephemeral treatment of said data by irreversibly destroying said data at a physical level such that it cannot be read again.