SELF-ENCRYPTING DRIVE AND USER DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME

摘要

A user device is provided which includes a host providing event indication causing a transition between an authentication state and a non-authentication state. The information storage device of the user device has a nonvolatile storage medium and upon entering the non-authentication state the information storage device provides a part of the storage space of the nonvolatile storage medium as an accessible temporary storage space.

主权项

1. A user device, comprising:
an information storage device including a nonvolatile storage medium providing data storage space; and a host that provides an event indication causing the information storage device to transition from an authentication state to a non-authentication state, wherein the information storage device allows access to a part of the data storage space provided by the nonvolatile storage medium designated as a temporary storage area in response to an access request received from the host while the information storage device is operating in the non-authentication state.