Patent ID: 7702847

Claim:
A device comprising: a digital data storage arrangement configured to hold data, the digital data storage arrangement more susceptible to damage from mechanical shock while the digital data storage arrangement is in an unsafe state than while in a safe state, the digital data storage arrangement capable of accessing the data in the unsafe state and not capable of accessing the data in the safe state; a user access arrangement configured to receive a user interaction; and a processing arrangement configured to interpret the user interaction in a way that identifies a set of data in the digital data storage arrangement and defines a command to access the set of data, the processing arrangement further configured to begin to execute the command by directing the digital data storage arrangement to begin to access the set of data prior to an end of the user interaction, the processing arrangement further configured to terminate, if the user interaction ends before the digital data storage arrangement completes accessing the set of data, execution of the command by directing the digital data storage arrangement to enter the safe state before the digital data storage arrangement completes accessing the set of data.