System and Method for Receiving Control Commands at a Peripheral Device

System and Method for Receiving Control Commands at a Peripheral Device

A peripheral device includes a file system manager, a command interpreter, and a controller. The peripheral device receives file access commands from a host device. The file system manager determines if the file access commands have embedded control commands and, if so, extracts the control commands...

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Hauptverfasser: ELCAN PHILIP, MULLIS SAMUEL L
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
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ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:A peripheral device includes a file system manager, a command interpreter, and a controller. The peripheral device receives file access commands from a host device. The file system manager determines if the file access commands have embedded control commands and, if so, extracts the control commands. The file system manager sends the control commands to the command interpreter. Based on analyzing the commands, the command interpreter causes the controller to perform a selected function at the peripheral device.