Patent ID: 7234014
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable flash memory device comprising: a pocket-sized body; an intrinsic computer readable storage medium within said body, said storage medium not normally removable from said body and storing a plurality of interrupt messages; a connector for removably coupling to a host device such that an operating system of the host device may logically recognize the portable storage device as additional local memory; a manual actuator; an indicator for indicating, following actuation of said actuator, that said portable flash memory device may be safely removed from a host device to which it is coupled; and a micro controller within said body, coupled between said actuator and said connector, responsive to an input at the manual actuator to select one message that is specific to the operating system of the host device from the plurality of interrupt messages and to send said one message to said host device.