Storage device, storage system and control thereof
AssigneeBuffalo Inc.
InventorShinsuke SAITO
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a storage device connected through an internal network with an external network. The storage device includes a storage medium for storing files and an access unit for carrying out data communication of an e-mail with an attached file for accessing the storage medium with a terminal that is coupled with the external network. The access unit accepts access to the storage medium from the terminal by carrying out the data communication of the e-mail.
Claims9
A storage device, comprising:
- the storage device connected through an internal network with an external network;
- a storage medium for storing files;
- an access unit for carrying out data communication of an e-mail with an attached file for accessing the storage medium with a terminal that is coupled with the external network;
- and
- the access unit accepting access to the storage medium from the terminal by carrying out the data communication of the e-mail.
A storage system, comprising:
- a storage device connected through an internal network with an external network;
- a terminal coupled with the external network;
- the storage device has a storage medium for storing files;
- the storage device has an access unit for carrying out data communication of an e-mail with an attached file for accessing the storage medium with the terminal through the external network;
- the access unit accepts access to the storage medium from the terminal by carrying out the data communication of the e-mail;
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- the terminal accesses the storage medium of the storage device by attaching a target file for accessing the storage medium of the storage device to an e-mail and carrying out data communication of the e-mail with the storage device through the external network.
A control method of a storage device connected through an internal network with an external network, comprising:
- carrying out processing with a computer for carrying out data communication of an e-mail with an attached file for accessing a storage medium of the storage device with a terminal that is coupled with the external network;
- and
- carrying out processing with the computer for accepting access from the terminal to the storage medium in which files are stored by carrying out the data communication of the e-mail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.