Storage medium having electronic circuit and computer system having the storage medium
US6496883B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2021 |
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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