Kevin F Mclaughlin

Address:

21862 Empanada, Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Phone:

(949)7688139

VIN:

3GYFNAEY2AS503761

Make:

CADILLAC

Model:

SRX

Year:

2010

US Patent:

7237054, Jun 26, 2007

Filed:

Feb 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/789889

Inventors:

William C. Cain - Foothill Ranch CA, US
Barry L. Klein - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Kevin W. McLaughlin - Mission Viejo CA, US

Assignee:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. - Lake Forest CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00
H02N 11/00

US Classification:

710305, 710107, 710300, 710316

Abstract:

In an external disk drive system comprising a disk drive, a bridge controller comprising a plurality of Bridge Controller Host (BCH) interfaces adapted to establish communication between the external disk drive system and an external device via a plurality of different communication mediums, a method for switching from a first BCH-interface communicating with the external device via a first communication medium to a second BCH-interface during the operation of the external disk drive system. The method comprising sensing a connecting of a second communication medium to the external disk drive system via the second BCH-interface; determining an interface priority of the second communication medium over an interface priority of the first communication medium; dismounting the disk drive from the first communication medium based on the determining; and mounting the disk drive to the second communication medium wherein the external disk drive system remains operational during the dismounting an mounting.

US Patent:

7302501, Nov 27, 2007

Filed:

Mar 31, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/815516

Inventors:

William C. Cain - Foothill Ranch CA, US
Kevin W. McLaughlin - Mission Viejo CA, US
Barry L. Klein - Trabuco Canyon CA, US

Assignee:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. - Lake Forest CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 13/12

US Classification:

710 15, 710 16, 710 17, 710 18, 710 19, 710 62

Abstract:

A method of displaying states of a peripheral data storage system (PDSS) comprising a data storage device, a data storage system controller, a user-actuated signaling subsystem, a user display subsystem adapted to display the states, and a peripheral data storage controller host interface adapted for communication with a host system. The method includes determining a state of the PDSS; displaying a first display state via the user display subsystem if the PDSS is in an idle state; displaying a second display state via the user display subsystem if the PDSS is in a state corresponding to receiving a signal from the user-actuated signaling subsystem; displaying a third display state via the user display subsystem if the PDSS is in a dynamically active state; and displaying a fourth display state via the user display subsystem if the PDSS is in an off state.

US Patent:

7302579, Nov 27, 2007

Filed:

Mar 31, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/816348

Inventors:

William C. Cain - Foothill Ranch CA, US
Matthew G. Rutledge - Brea CA, US
Chinying Sun - Mission Viejo CA, US
Kevin W. McLaughlin - Mission Viejo CA, US

Assignee:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. - Lake Forest CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

713182, 713193, 713155

Abstract:

A method of operating a peripheral data storage system(PDSS) for use with a host system configured to perform scheduled backup operations to PDSS comprising a user-actuated backup signaling subsystem(UBSS), a user-notifying device comprising first and second notifying states, and a host interface adapted for communication with the host system. The method comprises receiving a first signal from UBSS; communicating first signal to host system via host interface; receiving an acknowledgement signal from host system in response to communicating; and switching user-notifying device between first notifying state and second notifying state in response to received acknowledgement signal. Another method comprises receiving in host system a first request from PDSS for performing a task corresponding to a host-scheduled backup operation for a scheduled backing up of data to PDSS; completing the task by host system based on received first request; and notifying PDSS of completion of the task by host system.