Patent ID: 9104322
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a terminal to ascertain an activated memory configuration of a non-transitory storage medium that is operable in the terminal, the method comprising the steps: simulating an interruption of a contact between the storage medium and the terminal; simulating a restoration of the contact existing at the interface between the storage medium and the terminal, the step of simulating the restoration of the contact being performed subsequent to the step of simulating the interruption of the contact; and causing the terminal to ascertain the activated memory configuration of the storage medium upon the simulation of the restoration of the contact or the simulation of the interruption of the contact, wherein the storage medium has a storage area and an interface for communication of the storage medium with the terminal, wherein the activated memory configuration includes predetermined configuration characteristics of the storage area of the storage medium, and wherein, when the method is carried out, the storage medium is held in contact with the terminal by the interface of the storage medium, so that the contact exists between the storage medium and the terminal at the interface of the storage medium, so that a communication is possible between the storage medium and the terminal via the interface wherein the storage medium includes a control device coupled with the interface, wherein the step of simulating the interruption and restoration of the contact existing between the storage medium and the terminal is carried out by the control device, and wherein the interruption and restoration of the contact existing at the interface between the storage medium and the terminal is simulated in a manner that signals are fed to at least one or several lines of the interface by the control device; and the method further comprises feeding such signals to the one or several lines upon occurrence of an actual interruption or restoration of the contact.