A storage system and method are provided. A method for use by a portable processing device for accessing patient record information involves receiving user entered information identifying at least one patient record to be acquired and a content portion of a patient record to be acquired. The filter comprises an optical low-pass filter, and the mirror comprises a half-mirror which is integrally provided on an incident surface of the optical low-pass filter. The legitimacy of the verification information is examined to confirm the native language is uncorrupted. The tunable differential group delay system is then controlled to insert differential group delay into the component of the fiber optic transmission system. The copper interconnection includes: a first copper interconnection having a relatively narrow width; and a second copper interconnection having a relatively wide width.