Patent ID: 6993601
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An interface card for a medium which is capable of being inserted into and ejected from a card slot of an information processing device while holding the medium therein and which has a data transmission route used for data transmission between the information processing device and the medium, said interface card comprising: a memory buffer for storing data transmitted through the data transmission route; and a data transmission mode selecting device for selecting a data transmission mode from a plurality of data transmission modes; wherein the plurality of data transmission modes are used for data transmission through the data transmission route; different data transmission modes are selected for data transmission between the information processing device and the memory buffer and for data transmission between the medium and the memory buffer; and the data transmission route includes a first route for data transmission between the information processing device and the medium via the memory buffer and a second route for data transmission between the information processing device and the medium not via the memory buffer.