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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Curtis E. Stevens, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Curtis E. Stevens, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device is attachable to a host computer system. The memory device includes an interface to couple the memory device to the host computer system. The memory device includes a controller for controlling operations in the memory device. The controller enables a first mode of operation in which the memory device communicates with the host computer system through the interface by emulating a disk device and a second mode of operation in which the memory device communicates through the interface by emulating an optical device.