Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Input/output command process
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-22
2008-07-22
Dollinger, Tonia L. M. (Department: 2182)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Input/output command process
C710S002000, C710S017000, C710S020000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11130944
ABSTRACT:
A device communicatively coupled to a host in a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) format. The device includes a processor to control operations in the device and a serial interface to control serial communication with the host in accordance with the SATA format. The serial interface, after the transmission of a continued primitive, inserts pass-through information to the host within or outside of a frame information structure (FIS). If the host is not pass-through enabled, the host ignores the pass-through information. However, if the host is pass-through enabled, the host recognizes the pass-through information.
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Blakely & Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman
Dollinger Tonia L. M.
Plante Jonathan R
Western Digital Technologies Inc.
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