| US 7,613,844 B2 | ||
| Storage device and processing method using mutually exclusive modes of operation for data transfer | ||
| Shinji Ohnishi, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 31, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/554,683. | ||
| Application 11/554683 is a division of application No. 10/774862, filed on Feb. 09, 2004, granted, now 7,181,552. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-033781 (JP), filed on Feb. 12, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0073918 A1, Mar. 29, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—14 [710/15; 710/16; 710/18; 710/19; 711/100] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A storage device comprising:
a first interface unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus in which the storage device is loaded or to which
the storage device is connected through a cable, the first interface unit receiving a predetermined command for changing an
operation mode of the storage device from the external apparatus;
a second interface unit configured to communicate with a device in a network wirelessly; and
a control unit configured to change the operation mode of the storage device between a plurality of modes based on the predetermined
command received by the first interface unit,
wherein the plurality of modes includes a first operating mode where the second interface unit is disabled and the storage
device operates as a dedicated storage device to the external apparatus and a second operating mode where the second interface
unit is enabled and the storage device operates as a file server of the network.
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