Patent ID: 8713243
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying an assigned drive letter of a removable storage device, the removable storage device in electronic communication with a computing device, the method comprising: (a) acquiring information about the removable storage device by a processor of the removable storage device from a data structure sent by the computing device; (b) analyzing the information acquired from the data structure by the processor of the removable storage device to retrieve a drive letter assigned to the removable storage device by the computing device, (c) displaying the drive letter of the removable storage device on a screen built into the removable storage device or a display device connected to the removable storage device; and wherein the information about the removable storage device comprising comprises a name, an identification (ID), and the drive letter assigned by an operating system of the computing device.