IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0816348
(2004-03-31)
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등록번호 |
US-7302579
(2007-11-27)
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발명자
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- Cain,William C.
- Rutledge,Matthew G.
- Sun,Chinying
- McLaughlin,Kevin W.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
130 인용 특허 :
29 |
초록
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A method of operating a peripheral data storage system(PDSS) for use with a host system configured to perform scheduled backup operations to PDSS comprising a user-actuated backup signaling subsystem(UBSS), a user-notifying device comprising first and second notifying states, and a host interface ad
A method of operating a peripheral data storage system(PDSS) for use with a host system configured to perform scheduled backup operations to PDSS comprising a user-actuated backup signaling subsystem(UBSS), a user-notifying device comprising first and second notifying states, and a host interface adapted for communication with the host system. The method comprises receiving a first signal from UBSS; communicating first signal to host system via host interface; receiving an acknowledgement signal from host system in response to communicating; and switching user-notifying device between first notifying state and second notifying state in response to received acknowledgement signal. Another method comprises receiving in host system a first request from PDSS for performing a task corresponding to a host-scheduled backup operation for a scheduled backing up of data to PDSS; completing the task by host system based on received first request; and notifying PDSS of completion of the task by host system.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A method of operating a peripheral data storage system for use with a host system configured to perform scheduled backup operations to the peripheral data storage system, the peripheral data storage system comprising a data storage device, a data storage system controller, a
What is claimed is: 1. A method of operating a peripheral data storage system for use with a host system configured to perform scheduled backup operations to the peripheral data storage system, the peripheral data storage system comprising a data storage device, a data storage system controller, a user-actuated backup signaling subsystem, a user-notifying device comprising first and second notifying states, and a data storage controller host interface adapted for communication with the host system, the method comprising: receiving a first signal from the user-actuated backup signaling subsystem; communicating the first signal to the host system via the host interface; receiving an acknowledgement signal from the host system in response to the communicating; and switching the user-notifying device between the first notifying state and the second notifying state in response to the received acknowledgement signal. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-notifying device comprises a third notifying state and wherein the method further comprising: switching the user-notifying device between the first notifying state and the third notifying state following the receipt of the first signal; and switching the user-notifying device between the third notifying state and the second notifying state following the receipt of the acknowledgement signal. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user-notifying device comprises a user-visible display device having first, second and third display states, and adapted to display the first, second and third display states in the form of a first, a second and a third displaying of emitted light. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the third displaying of emitted light comprises a flashing pattern. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-notifying device comprises a user-audible audio device having first, second and third audible states, and adapted to project first, second and third audible tones corresponding to the first, second and third audible states. 6. The method of claim 3, wherein the user-visible display device comprises an alpha-numeric display having first, second and third display states, and adapted to display the first, second and third display states in the form of a first, a second and a third displaying of alpha-numeric characters. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the host system is configured via a user-programmable scheduling software. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a second signal from the user-actuated backup signaling subsystem; communicating the second signal to the host system via the host interface; receiving data from the host system for backing up to the data storage device in response to the communicating; and storing the received data in the data storage device. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: acknowledging the receipt of the second signal via the user-notifying device prior to the communicating. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the communicating further comprises: receiving an acknowledgment from the host system following the receipt of the second signal; and acknowledging the receipt of the acknowledgment via the user-notifying device. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system is from a host data storage system. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system is from a removable data storage system adapted for communication with at least one of the host system and the peripheral data storage system. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the removable data storage system comprises a removable memory card. 14. The method of claim 8, wherein the user-actuated backup signaling subsystem comprises a first electro-mechanical switch and a second electro-mechanical switch. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first electro-mechanical switch comprises a first button adapted to receive a first user-inputted request and wherein the user-actuated backup signaling subsystem is adapted to generate the first signal based on the first user-inputted request. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the second electro-mechanical switch comprises a second button adapted to receive a second user-inputted request and wherein the user-actuated backup signaling subsystem is adapted to generate the second signal based on the second user-inputted request. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the data storage controller host interface is adapted for communication with the host via at least one of a universal serial bus (USB) cable and a Firewire짰 cable. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the peripheral data storage system comprises a disk drive system and wherein the data storage device is a disk drive. 19. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a third signal from the user-actuated backup signaling subsystem; communicating the third signal to the host system via the host interface; transmitting data from the peripheral data storage system to the host system for restoring of data to the host system in response to the communicating; and storing the transmitted data in the host system. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the peripheral data storage system comprises a third electro-mechanical switch adapted to receive a third user-inputted request and wherein the user-actuated backup signaling subsystem is adapted to generate the third signal based on the third user-inputted request. 21. A method for performing backup operations from a host system, the back up operations corresponding to backing up of data to a peripheral data storage system in communication with the host system, the method comprising: receiving in the host system a first request from the peripheral data storage system for performing a task corresponding to a host-scheduled backup operation for a scheduled backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system; completing the task by the host system based on the received first request; and notifying the peripheral data storage system of the completion of the task by the host system. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the task comprises an enabling of the host-scheduled backup operation. 23. The method of claim 21, wherein the task comprises a disabling of the host-scheduled backup operation. 24. The method of claim 21, wherein the completing further comprises: determining a state of the host-scheduled backup operation subsequent to the receipt of the first request; enabling the host-scheduled backup operation if the host-scheduled backup operation is in a disabled state; else disabling the host-scheduled backup operation if the host-scheduled backup operation is in an enabled state. 25. The method of claim 21, further comprising: notifying the peripheral data storage system of the receipt of the first request prior to the completing. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the notifying the peripheral data storage system of the receipt of the first request prior to the completing comprises providing a first signal to the peripheral data storage system. 27. The method of claim 24, wherein the notifying the peripheral data storage system of the completion of the task by the host system further comprises: providing a third signal to the user by the data storage controller host interface if the scheduled backup operation is enabled. 28. The method of claim 24, wherein the notifying the peripheral data storage system of the completion of the task by the host system further comprises: providing a fourth signal to the user by the data storage controller host interface if the scheduled backup operation is disabled. 29. The method of claim 21, further comprising: configuring the host-scheduled backup operations in the host system prior to the receipt of the first request. 30. The method of claim 21, the completing further comprising: determining if the host-scheduled backup operations was configured in the host system prior to the receipt of the first request; and configuring in the host system the host-scheduled backup operations if the host-scheduled backup operations was not configured prior to the receipt of the first request. 31. The method of claim 30, wherein configuring the host-scheduled backup operations further comprises: selecting the peripheral data storage system for the host-scheduled backup operations of host data in a host data storage system; selecting a portion of host data for the host-scheduled backup operations of the selected portion to the selected peripheral data storage system; and selecting a frequency of the host-scheduled backup operation for the selected portion of host data to the selected peripheral data storage system. 32. The method of claim 30, wherein the configuring the host-scheduled backup operation further comprises: reconfiguring the previously configured host-scheduled backup operations subsequent to the receipt of the first request. 33. The method of claim 21, further comprising: receiving in the host system a second request from the peripheral data storage system for performing an on-demand backing up of pre-selected data to the peripheral data storage system; and transmitting the pre-selected data to the peripheral data storage system. 34. The method of claim 33, further comprising: notifying the peripheral data storage system of the receipt of the second request prior to the transmitting. 35. The method of claim 33, further comprising: configuring the on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system in the host system prior to the receipt of the second backup request. 36. The method of claim 33, the further comprising: determining if the on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system was configured in the host system prior to the receipt of the second request; and configuring in the host system the on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system if the on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system was not configured prior to the receipt of the second request. 37. The method of claim 36, wherein configuring the on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system further comprises: selecting the peripheral data storage system for the on-demand backing up of data to the selected peripheral data storage system; selecting at least one of a host data storage system and a removable data storage system for on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system; and selecting a portion of data in the selected data storage system for on-demand backing up of data to the selected peripheral data storage system. 38. The method of claim 36, wherein the configuring the on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system further comprises: reconfiguring the previously configured on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system subsequent to the receipt of the second request. 39. The method of claim 37, wherein the removable data storage system comprises a removable memory card. 40. The method of claim 36, wherein the configuring further comprises configuring the host system to create in the peripheral data storage system a different backup version for each backing up of data from the removable data storage system. 41. The method of claim 34, wherein the notifying the peripheral data storage system of the receipt of the second request further comprises providing a second signal to the peripheral data storage system. 42. The method of claim 21, wherein the host system is in communication with a plurality of peripheral data storage systems each having a corresponding host-scheduled backup operation, and wherein the first request is received from a first peripheral data storage system for performing a first task corresponding to a host-scheduled backup operation for a scheduled backing up of data to the first peripheral data storage system. 43. The method of claim 42, further comprising: determining the first request is received from the first peripheral data storage system. 44. The method of claim 43, wherein the completing further comprises: completing the first task by the host system based on the received first request. 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the notifying further comprises: notifying the first peripheral data storage system of the completion of the first task by the host system. 46. The method of claim 42, further comprising: configuring each host-scheduled backup operation corresponding to each peripheral data storage system in the host system prior to the receipt of the first request. 47. The method of claim 46, wherein configuring each host-scheduled backup operation corresponding to each peripheral data storage system further comprises: selecting a peripheral data storage system for a host-scheduled backup operation of host data in the host data storage system; selecting a portion of the host data for the host-scheduled backup operation to backup to the selected peripheral data storage system; and selecting a frequency of the host-scheduled backup operation for backing up of the selected portion of host data to the selected peripheral data storage system. 48. The method of claim 33, wherein the host system is in communication with a plurality of peripheral data storage systems, and wherein the second request is received from a first peripheral data storage system for performing a first on-demand backing up of data to the first peripheral data storage system. 49. The method of claim 48, further comprising: determining the second request is received from the first peripheral data storage system. 50. The method of claim 49, wherein the transmitting further comprises: transmitting the pre-selected data to the first peripheral data storage system. 51. The method of claim 48, further comprising: configuring each on-demand backing up of data corresponding to each peripheral data storage system in the host system prior to the receipt of the second request. 52. The method of claim 51, wherein the configuring each on-demand backing up of data corresponding to each peripheral data storage system in the host system further comprises: selecting a peripheral data storage system for an on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system; selecting at least one of a host data storage system and a removable data storage system for backing up of data to the selected peripheral data storage system; and selecting a portion of data in the selected data storage system for backing up to the selected peripheral data storage system. 53. The method of claim 21, wherein the host system comprises a primary host system in communication with a plurality of secondary host systems, and wherein the first request is received in the primary host system from the peripheral data storage system for performing a second task corresponding to a host-scheduled backup operation for a scheduled backing up of data from the primary host system and the plurality of secondary host systems to the peripheral data storage system. 54. The method of claim 53, further comprising: configuring each host-scheduled backup operation corresponding to the primary host system and each of the secondary host systems in the primary host system prior to the receipt of the first request. 55. The method of claim 54, wherein configuring each host-scheduled backup operation corresponding to the primary host system and each of the secondary host systems further comprises: selecting a secondary host system for a host-scheduled backup operation of the selected secondary host system data in the host data storage system; selecting a portion of selected secondary host system data for the host-scheduled backup operation to backup to the peripheral data storage system; and selecting a frequency of the host-scheduled backup operation for backing up of the selected portion of selected secondary host system data to the peripheral data storage system. 56. The method of claim 32, wherein the host system comprises a primary host system in communication with a plurality of secondary host systems, and wherein the second request is received in the primary host system from the peripheral data storage system for performing an on-demand backing up of data from the primary host system and the plurality of secondary host systems to the peripheral data storage system. 57. The method of claim 56, further comprising: configuring each on-demand backing up of data corresponding to the primary host system and each of the secondary host systems in the primary host system prior to the receipt of the second request. 58. The method of claim 57, wherein the configuring each on-demand backing up of data corresponding to the primary host system and each of the secondary host systems in the primary host system further comprises: selecting a secondary host system for on-demand backing up of data; selecting at least one of a secondary host data storage system and a secondary removable data storage system for on-demand backing up of data to the peripheral data storage system; and selecting a portion of data in the selected secondary data storage system for on-demand backing up to the peripheral data storage system.
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