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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
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);
David H. Smith, Long Beach, 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);
David H. Smith, Long Beach, CA (US);
Western Digital Ventures, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer network connects a personal computer system to a content delivery system for delivering digital content to the personal computer. The personal computer comprises a disk drive which includes a network address for the content delivery system and a server-contacting program. The disk drive comprises firmware installed during manufacturing of the drive which initiates execution of the server-contacting program to enable the network connection and facilitate delivery of content to a large number of personal computers.
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