Method and apparatus for disconnecting an external data storage device from a computer
OwnerDavid Hanes, Alexandre Delormeinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for disconnecting an external data storage device from a computer. More specifically, there is provided an external data storage device comprising an activatable component to transmit a request to disconnect the external data storage device from a computer, wherein the activatable component comprises an apparatus capable of being physically or electrically activated.
Claims21
An external data storage device comprising an activatable component to transmit a request to disconnect the external data storage device from a computer, wherein the activatable component comprises an apparatus capable of being physically or electrically activated.
A computer system comprising:
- a computer;
- and
- an external data storage device configured to send a signal to the computer when a user-activated component located on the data storage device is activated, wherein the signal comprises a request to disconnect the data storage device from the computer.
A method of disconnecting an external data storage device from a computer comprising:
- detecting activation of an activatable component located on the external data storage device;
- and
- transmitting a disconnection request from the external data storage device to the computer after detecting the activation of the activatable component.
A tangible machine-readable medium, comprising:
- code to detect activation of an activatable component located on an external data storage device;
- code to determine if any files stored on the external data storage device are still in use by a computer;
- code to notify a user if any files located on the external data storage device are still in use by the computer;
- code to delay execution of a file update routine until no files stored on the external data storage device are still in use by the computer;
- code to run the file update routine;
- and
- code to logically sever the external data storage device from the computer.
A method comprising:
- detecting disconnection of an external data storage device from a computer system;
- notifying a user to reconnect the external data storage device;
- if the user reconnects the external data storage device, integrating the external data storage device into a file system of the computer system;
- and
- running a file update routine between the computer and the external data storage device.
A computer system comprising:
- an external data storage device;
- and
- a computer removably connected to the external storage device and configured to:
- detect disconnection of the external storage device from the computer;
- prompt a user to reconnect the external data storage device to the computer;
- and
- execute a file update routine between the computer and the external storage device if the external data storage device is reconnected to the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.