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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Michael G. Smith, Tustin, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael G. Smith, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gateway Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data storage device activity state is sampled and used to control a remote data storage device activity indicator. A disk drive activity signal is sampled by hardware either based on an edge transition of the activity signal, or on a periodic basis. If the state of the activity signal changes, state change data is sent via a controller to a keyboard. A disk drive status light on the keyboard is controlled by the change data. The controller is a USB host controller that sends the state change data to a USB function that controls the status light.