Communicating between electronic devices using a portable storage device

摘要

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to communicating between electronic devices using a portable storage device. In one embodiment, a portable storage device communicates with a first electronic device, and the portable storage device communicates with a second electronic device via a network. The portable storage device sends a request from the first electronic device to the second electronic device. The portable storage device may send a response to the request from the second electronic device to the first electronic device.

主权项

1. A portable storage device comprising:
a processor; and a communication mechanism, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to:
receive a read command from a first electronic device using a storage communication protocol;send via a network the read command to a second electronic device;receive via the network a response to the read command from the second electronic device; andsend the response to the first electronic device using the storage communication protocol;wherein the communication mechanism further causes the processor to replace a logical field address in a command descriptor block of the read command with a corresponding storage location information associated with the second electronic device and transmit an updated command descriptor block with the read command to the second electronic device.