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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Matthew W. Milne, Chino, CA (US);
Michael K. Eneboe, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott T. Hughes, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
VU V. Luu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Matthew W. Milne, Chino, CA (US);
Michael K. Eneboe, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott T. Hughes, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Vu V. Luu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Western Digital Ventures, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive is manufactured with a stored server-contacting program and a network address. Preferably, a protected area is provided for retaining the server-contacting program and the network address in the disk drive while it travels through a distribution channel to be installed in a user's personal computer system. The disk drive has firmware installed during manufacturing to initiate execution of the server-contacting program at an appropriate time, preferably when a selected condition has been met.