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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew Harris Klapman, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage devicecomprising: a non-volatile storage mediumconfigured to store user data; a data portconfigured to transmit data and power between a host computer systemand the data storage device; a data access state indicator; and a controllerconfigured to: selectively set a data access state of the data storage deviceto either: an unlocked state to enable access to the user data; or a locked state to disable access to the user data; and generate an indicator control signal to cause the data access state indicatorto indicate the data access state, wherein the data access state indicatoris configured to indicate the data access state irrespective of whether the data storage deviceis powered through the data port