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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:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Michael S. Rothberg, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Donald L. Mckeefery, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Anthony C. Geria, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jan G. Abrahamsson, San Clemente, CA (US);
Andrew Hill, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Michael S. Rothberg, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Donald L. McKeefery, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Anthony C. Geria, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jan G. Abrahamsson, San Clemente, CA (US);
Andrew Hill, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
An information storage device is disclosed (such as a disk drive) comprising an interface for connecting to a host through a cable, and control circuitry for communicating with the host over the cable by executing a communication process. The communication processes comprises the steps of transmitting a communication request to the host over the cable and waiting to receive a response from the host over the cable. A cable loss event is logged if the host fails to respond after executing the communication process at least twice. Performing the communication process multiple times before logging a cable loss event helps ensure a communication failure is actually due to a faulty cable connection.
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