Patent 7370166 was granted and assigned to Lexar Media on May, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a secure storage system includes a removable storage device having a secure storage area for storage of secure data and a public storage area and device port for coupling the removable storage device to a host, the removable storage device appearing, to the host, to be non-removable so that the secure storage area remains hidden and the secure data remains secure.