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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Masatoshi Murakami, Ome, JP;
Masatoshi Murakami, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus controls a card device. The apparatus includes an interface unit and a control unit. The interface unit receives a command issued by a host system. The received command contains an operation command designating an operation to be performed by the card device and execution state information showing a state in which the card device performs the operation designated by the operation command. The control unit performs a process of changing the state of the card device to a state designated by the execution state information contained in the received command, a process of issuing to the card device the operation command contained in the received command, and a process of setting the card device back to a specific state.