REMOTE EXECUTION OF DIAGNOSTIC FIRMWARE IN A BLOCK DATA STORAGE DEVICE

Patent №

US 6,711,520

Granted

2004-03-23

Filed 2002

Owner

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

Lab

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.

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AI classification

Planning0.95
Natural language0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Vision0.00
Machine learning0.00
AI hardware0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

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.

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