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Storage device, method for accessing storage device, and storage medium storing program for accessing storage device

US9135463B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2010
Grant dateSep 15, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/88
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage device that stores data accessed by a host device via an interface includes a deactivation executing part performing a plurality of deactivating processes deactivating access to the data at different levels via the interface; a setting information storing part storing setting information which includes deactivation identifying information identifying the deactivating process and a condition under which the deactivating process is performed; a judging part referring to the setting information stored on the setting information storing part, comparing the condition represented by the setting information with an operation state of the storage device, and judging whether the condition represented by the setting information is satisfied or not; and a deactivation control part ordering the deactivation executing part to execute one of the plurality of deactivating processes identified with the deactivation identifying information represented by the setting information when the judging part has judged that the condition is satisfied.

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