Method of Connecting Mass Storage Device
OwnerKam Fu Chaninventor
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Abstract
Method for connecting mass storage device(s) with data connection device(s) connecting to data port(s) with the same data interface type(s) as that of the mass storage device(s) for data transmission and with power connection device(s) connecting to power port(s), for power supply, on a bus of technologies with power management capabilities and facilities in computer-related or computer-controlled or operating-system-controlled machines or devices for using and swapping the mass storage device(s).
Claims4
A method for connecting mass storage device(s) for use in computer-related or computer-controlled or operating-system-controlled machines or devices with support for APM or ACPI or similar technologies as well as USB/1394/PCMCIA or similar technologies, comprising steps of
- (a) connecting the mass storage device(s) with data cable(s) or data connection device(s) connecting, without data interface translation inbetween, to the data port(s) on data bus(es) of the motherboard(s) of the computer-related or computer-controlled or operating-system-controlled machines or devices, wherein such data port(s) and data bus(es) of the motherboard(s) having the same interface type(s) as that of the mass storage device(s) so connected to such data port(s) and the mass storage device(s) having interface type(s), including but not limited to IDE/EIDE/ATA/Ultra ATA/SATA/SATA II/SCSI/Ultra SCSI/Serial SCSI;
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- (b) connecting the mass storage device(s) with power cable(s) or power connection device(s) connecting to port(s) anywhere on bus(es) of USB/1394/PCMCIA or similar technologies for utilizing the power management capabilities or facilities offered by such technologies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.