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Storage medium having electronic circuit and computer system having the storage medium

US6295564A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 30, 1997
Grant dateSep 25, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0601
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage medium having an electronic circuit portion serves as a central unit, and a main body serves as a peripheral unit, so that a system using the storage medium can be arbitrarily constructed and a computer system having the storage medium, for example, a personal computer, a car navigation system, a multi-functional television set, or the like can be provided. In an intelligent disk having a disk portion for storing information and an electronic circuit portion for processing information, a program for controlling at least an external device as a peripheral device is stored in the disk portion, and the electronic circuit portion executes the program to control the external device as a peripheral device.

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