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COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICE HAVING SEPARATE READ-ONLY SPACE AND READ-WRITE SPACE, REMOVABLE MEDIA COMPONENT, SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INTERFACE, AND NETWORK INTERFACE

  • US 20090106480A1
  • Filed: 05/01/2008
  • Published: 04/23/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage device comprising:

  • a processor;

    a computer interface communicably connected to the processor, wherein the computer interface is adapted to enable communications exclusively between a computer and the processor;

    a system interface communicably connecting the processor to the computer, wherein the system interface is adapted to enable the processor to manage one or more hardware components of the computer;

    a network interface communicably connected to the processor, wherein the network interface is adapted to enable the processor to communicate over a network, and the processor is adapted to employ the network interface for communications with select file servers to the exclusion of other file servers;

    a storage means communicably connected to the processor, the storage means having a first designated storage section and a second designated storage section, wherein the processor has read and write access to both the first and second designated storage sections, and the computer has read-only access to the first designated storage section and read-write access to the second designated storage section;

    a removable media storage component communicably connected to the processor.

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