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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Choon-tak Tang, Irvine, CA (US);
Chin-tang Yen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ngoc Le, Irvine, CA (US);
David Sun, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Choon-Tak Tang, Irvine, CA (US);
Chin-Tang Yen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ngoc Le, Irvine, CA (US);
David Sun, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Kingston Technology Corporation, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A management hub is disclosed. The management hub comprises an interface; a master hub controller coupled to the interface; a plurality of ports coupled to the master hub controller; a microcontroller coupled to the master hub controller; and hub setting switch and a slave hub controller coupled to the microcontroller and the plurality of ports. The management hub also includes a memory device coupled to the microcontroller, the memory device including a hidden drive information partition and a hidden drive organizer partition for managing and identifying information in various drives coupled to the plurality of ports, wherein when the management hub is first connected to a host system the drives are displayed in an inactive state.