Universal Serial Bus Device

• US 20060294283A1
• Filed: 06/23/2006
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sinopec Chemical Commercial Holding (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. (Central People's Government of The People's Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: Sinopec Chemical Commercial Holding (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. (Central People's Government of The People's Republic of China)
• Inventors: Tong, King Mo
• Application Number:
  US11/426,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20060294283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/304
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips

Abstract

A universal serial bus device capable of automatically executing a designated program is provided, comprising a housing, a universal serial bus interface, a printed circuit board, and one or more EEPROM memory devices, wherein the printed circuit board, the universal serial bus interface and the EEPROMs are electrically connected and powered by the universal serial bus interface. In this device, the printed circuit board is provided with an integrated circuit thereon and a data terminal of each of the EEPROMs is connected correspondingly to an input/output terminal of the integrated circuit; a control terminal of each of the memories is connected correspondingly to a control terminal of the integrated circuit; a communication terminal of the integrated circuit is connected to the universal serial bus interface; and the integrated circuit is loaded with a program for automatically executing instructions.

Claims

1. A universal serial bus device capable of automatically executing a designated program, comprising:

(a) a universal serial bus interface;

(b) a printed circuit board provided with an integrated circuit thereon, the integrated circuit comprising a communication terminal connected to the universal serial bus interface and an input/output terminal; and

(c) one or more memory storage components electrically connected to the universal serial bus interface, each of the one or more memory storage components comprising a data terminal connected to an input/output terminal of the integrated circuit and a control terminal connected to a control terminal of the integrated circuit, wherein the following programs are stored in the one or more memory storage components;

(i) a mapping program which maps a part of the memory space of at least one of the memory storage components as read-only memory,

(ii) a program for automatically executing instructions loaded in the read-only memory; and

(iii) a program for controlling reading/writing onto the one or more memory storage components.

2. The universal serial bus device of claim 1, wherein the one or more memory storage components comprises an EEPROM.

3. The universal serial bus device of claim 2, wherein the EEPROM has a capacity of between 2 kilobytes and 16 kilobytes.

4. The universal serial bus device of claim 1, the wherein the one or more memory storage components comprises a flash EEPROM.

5. The universal serial bus device of claim 1, wherein the one or more memory storage components comprises a CD-ROM.

6. The universal serial bus device of claim 1, wherein the one or more memory storage components comprises a single EEPROM.

7. The universal serial bus device of claim 1, wherein the program for automatically executing instructions is a program for linking to a website.

8. The universal serial bus device of claim 7, wherein the program for automatically executing instructions provides an ID or password.

9. The universal serial bus device of claim 1, further comprising a housing for the device.

10. A universal serial bus device capable of automatically executing a designated program, comprising:

(a) a universal serial bus interface;

(b) a printed circuit board provided with an integrated circuit thereon, the integrated circuit comprising a communication terminal connected to the universal serial bus interface and an input/output terminal; and

(c) one or more EEPROMs electrically connected to and powered by the universal serial bus interface, each of the one or more EEPROMs comprising a data terminal connected to an input/output terminal of the integrated circuit and a control terminal connected to a control terminal of the integrated circuit, wherein the following programs are stored in the one or more memory storage components;

(i) a mapping program which maps a part of the memory space of at least one of the memory storage components as read-only memory,

(ii) a program for automatically executing instructions loaded in the read-only memory; and

(iii) a program for controlling reading/writing onto the one or more memory storage components.