Patent №
US 6,711,520
Granted
2004-03-23
Filed 2002
Owner
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10127245
Method and apparatus for accessing a block data storage device through a computer network to carry out remote diagnostic operations. The data storage device includes a data storage medium, a host interface port, a serial communication (COM) port and a programmable controller with associated platform firmware and associated diagnostic firmware. A client computer and a server computer are connected to a computer network, and the data storage device is connected to the server computer via the host interface port. The server computer is used to transmit a first command to cause the controller to execute the platform firmware, while the client computer is used to transmit a second command to the COM port of the data storage device to cause the controller to concurrently execute the diagnostic firmware to monitor operation of the platform firmware.
AI classification
Ownership
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
assignment · 130260287
Assignors
ARNAOUT, BADIH M., MAGILL, MICHAEL G., FISH, WILSON M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.