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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:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Eiji Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of connecting a storage device to a host computer has a first connection processing for enabling a host interface in advance even when the storage device is not ready yet, and a second connection processing for enabling the host interface after the storage device is ready. The first connection processing is carried out when a power supply to the storage device is turned on, and the second connection processing is carried out when the storage device is at a hot plug time.