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FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram illustrating one embodiment of a system 1300 with an apparatus for managing a data segment token in accordance with the present invention. The system 1300 includes an apparatus with a write request receiver module 1302 and a data segment token storage module 1304, and in various embodiments a token generation module 1306, a read request receiver module 1308, a read data segment token module 1310, a read request response module 1312 with a transmit data segment token module 1314 and a transmit data segment module 1316, a reconstitute data segment module 1318, a secure erase module 1320 with an erase confirmation module 1322, and a storage space reservation module 1324, which are described below. The system 1300 includes a storage device 150 with a storage controller 152 and a data storage device 154, which are substantially similar to those described above. The system 1300 includes a requesting device 1326, which is described below, in communication with the storage device 150.

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