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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Taichi Ejiri, Nagoya, JP;
Taichi Ejiri, Nagoya, JP;
Buffalo Inc., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
Improves ease of operation by making it easier for the operator to view and select storage media devices connected to a computer unit. Provides a computer unit with a USB root hub and running an operating system that has the function of managing a storage media device connected to the root hub directly or indirectly via a hub. The unit includes a topology configuration portion that, when the hub is connected to a port of the root hub and the storage media device is connected to the hub, configures the hub as a virtual drive and sets up a connection whereby a folder corresponding to the storage media device is placed in the virtual drive; and a display controller that displays on a display device a directory list DP of the connections that were configured by the topology configuration portion.