Communication device and storage device protocol
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsErhard Schreck, Tim R. Glassburn, Don Brunnett, Mike Lee
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Abstract
A cellular telephone is configured to perform procedures to protect against malfunction or damage to an HDD or other mass storage device in the cell phone, in response to receiving an indication of an incoming call. The protection procedures can include delaying one or more cell phone operations, and/or sending instructions to an HDD or other mass storage device including instructions to complete an operation, suspend an operation, park a head and/or spin down an HDD. In a cell phone which provides for extended playback, e.g., of audio or video, the cellular telephone preferably is configured to avoid interruptions of playback, e.g., during suspension or HDD operation.
Claims20
Apparatus, comprising:
- a circuitry communicatively connected to a communication equipment and a storage device, the circuitry being configured to delay a communication equipment operation associated with an incoming communication at least until the circuitry receives an indication of a status of the storage device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, in a communication equipment, an indication of an incoming communication;
- and
- delaying a communication equipment operation associated with the incoming communication at least until receipt of an indication of a status of a storage device;
- wherein the storage device is communicatively connected to the communication equipment.
A communication equipment, comprising:
- a circuitry configured to create a delay in a communication equipment operation associated with an incoming communication, wherein the delay postpones the communication equipment operation at least until the circuitry receives an indication of a status of a storage device.
The communication equipment of claim 18, wherein the storage device is a hard disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.