发明授权
US07620740B2 Storage devices and method of transferring file between the devices
有权
存储设备和在设备之间传输文件的方法
- 专利标题: Storage devices and method of transferring file between the devices
- 专利标题(中): 存储设备和在设备之间传输文件的方法
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申请号: US11084693申请日: 2005-03-18
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公开(公告)号: US07620740B2公开(公告)日: 2009-11-17
- 发明人: Makoto Takase , Kohji Takasaki , Minoru Hashimoto , Kenji Okada , Hiroshi Oshikawa , Yasuhiro Kotani , Satoshi Yamamoto , Keishi Takahashi
- 申请人: Makoto Takase , Kohji Takasaki , Minoru Hashimoto , Kenji Okada , Hiroshi Oshikawa , Yasuhiro Kotani , Satoshi Yamamoto , Keishi Takahashi
- 申请人地址: NL Amsterdam
- 专利权人: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- 当前专利权人: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- 当前专利权人地址: NL Amsterdam
- 代理机构: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- 代理商 John Henkhaus
- 优先权: JP2004-078569 20040318
- 主分类号: G06F17/00
- IPC分类号: G06F17/00
摘要:
A file is transferred directly between a parent magnetic-disk device and a child magnetic-disk device. In one embodiment, a parent magnetic-disk device has a host-mode execution program, whereas a child magnetic-disk device is capable operating in a device mode as is the case with an ordinary magnetic-disk device. The parent magnetic-disk device has an operating-mode-setting unit including a special-purpose jumper block. An MPU employed in the parent magnetic-disk device executes the host-mode execution program to put the parent magnetic-disk device in a host mode. At an activation time, the MPU refers to the logic of the special jumper block to start an operation in the host mode. The MPU controls the parent magnetic-disk device to directly transfer a file to the child magnetic-disk device. Thus, the file can be transferred between the parent and child magnetic-disk devices without intervention by a host computer.