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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2008
Donald Ray Bryant-rich, Haifa, IL;
Yehuda Hahn, Ofra, IL;
Donald Ray Bryant-Rich, Haifa, IL;
Yehuda Hahn, Ofra, IL;
SanDisk IL Ltd., Kfar Saba, IL;
Abstract
Methods for enabling software from a storage-capable device including the steps of: loading, by a host system operationally connected to the storage-capable device, software from an authenticatable storage area residing in the storage-capable device; validating the software; and installing the validated software, wherein the validated software provides an interface between the host system and the storage-capable device. In some embodiments, the software is enabling software, the method further including the step of: loading, by the host system, device-functionality software from the authenticatable storage area. In some embodiments, the method further includes the steps of: validating the device-functionality software; and enabling the validated device-functionality software. In some embodiments, the method further includes the steps of: prior to the step of loading the software, executing a probe command in the host system; and returning, by the probe command, a list of device functional units residing in the storage-capable device.