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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Ken Hatano, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus, system and method are provided for controlling different types of electronic devices coupled through a serial bus. The electronic apparatus may include an Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) port for coupling a plurality of different types of IDE devices, each having information for controlling the device, a memory, and an IEEE 1394 interface for coupling the device to another electronic apparatus, such as a personal computer (PC), through an IEEE 1394 cable. Different types of IDE devices, such as a hard-disk drive or a CD-ROM drive, may be coupled to the IDE port. The PC may read information from each IDE device, convert the information into a format defined by the IEEE 1394 standard, and store the information in a provided configuration read-only-memory (ROM). When another electronic device coupled to the IEEE 1394 bus accesses the IDE device, the information for the IDE device may be read from the configuration ROM and transmitted to the electronic device to control the respective IDE device.