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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120110264 | SELECTIVELY UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF DISPARATE SOLID STATE STORAGE LOCATIONS A method for selectively utilizing a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations is disclosed. The technology initially receives class types for a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations. The characteristics of the received data are determined. The... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110265 | SECURISATION OF A REMOTE EXECUTABLE CODE USING A FOOTPRINT OF THE COMPUTER RECIPIENT Method of securing exchanges between two electronic devices, by using an imprint of at least one of the two devices. This imprint is obtained on the basis of all or part of the electronic components of which this device is composed. This imprint will serve, either to pr... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084610 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR READING AND WRITING A MEMORY CARD The present invention discloses a method and device for reading a memory card comprising a primary partition and at least one backup partition. The method comprises the following steps that: after writing a first file into the primary partition of the memory card, a rea... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120054434 | Information Processing Apparatus and Cache Control Method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which uses a detachable cache device as a cache of a storage device, the apparatus includes a memory, a detachment request detection module, a setting module, and a cache management information module. The... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120036313 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY CARD AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY A method for controlling a memory card which includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory whose memory area includes a plurality of write areas is disclosed. A first area which is a part of the plurality of write areas is set in accordance with management executed by a f... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036319 | COMMONALITY FACTORING FOR REMOVABLE MEDIA Systems and methods for commonality factoring for storing data on removable storage media are described. The systems and methods allow for highly compressed data, e.g., data compressed using archiving or backup methods including de-duplication, to be stored in an effici... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025960 | USER INTERFACE FOR AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING A USER INTERFACE IN A CONFIGURABLE LIGHT TIMER A user interface of a configurable light timer is described. The user interface comprises an input portion for receiving timing characterization data, the input portion having a slot adapted to receive a portable memory device storing the timing characterization data; a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023293 | EMULATING A REMOVABLE MASS STORAGE DEVICE A wireless communication device transfers instructions to a host device over a USB connection responsive to being connected to the host device over the USB connection. The instructions direct the host device to enumerate the wireless communication device as a USB MSC de... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017044 | Information Handling System Image Restoration An information handling system is returned to its original manufacture state with a tool stored on a detachable memory device that retrieves image restore information from non-volatile memory of the information handling system, cleanses information stored on the non-vol... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011087 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REPLACEABLE SYNAPTIC WEIGHT STORAGE IN NEURO-PROCESSORS Certain embodiments of the present disclosure support techniques for storing synaptic weights separately from a neuro-processor chip into a replaceable storage. The replaceable synaptic memory gives a unique functionality to the neuro-processor and improves its flexibil... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110320713 | Smartconnect Flash Card Adapter A multi-memory media adapter to read a plurality of different types of memory media cards. Signals are mapped to the contact pins depending upon the type of memory media card. In one embodiment, a controller connected to an interconnection means maps at least one signal... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110296061 | Apparatus, Methods, And Computer-Code For Handling An Impending Decoupling Between A Peripheral Device And A Host Device Apparatus, methods and computer-code are disclosed where an impending decoupling between a peripheral device and a host is detected. In some embodiments, in response to the detected impending disconnection, a user alert signal is generated. In some embodiments, an ‘on... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296100 | MIGRATING WRITE INFORMATION IN A WRITE CACHE OF A STORAGE SYSTEM To migrate data from a first storage system to a second storage system, the second storage system detects a migration of a persistent storage media from the first storage system to the second storage system. In response to detecting the migration of the persistent stora... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296106 | SYSTEM FOR REALIZING MULTI-PORT STORAGE MEDIA BASED ON A UASP PROTOCOL OF A USB SPECIFICATION VERSION 3.0 AND METHOD THEREOF A system for realizing multi-port storage media based on a UASP protocol of a USB specification version 3.0 includes a Universal Serial Bus, at least one storage media, and a storage device, where the storage device stores a mapping table. The Universal Serial Bus is us... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295926 | MONITOR DEVICE FOR COLLECTING AUDIENCE RESEARCH DATA A monitor (10) for capturing audience research data from a computer (2-8) having AV presentation capability is attached to the computer by a connector (12). The connector (12) allows to download software stored in the monitor (10 | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110283050 | MEMORY BUFFER HAVING ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION AFTER A PROGRAM-FAIL Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device, and a method of operating same, including a memory buffer to maintain information to be available after a failure to program the information to a memory array.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271054 | Mobile Network Access Device, System and Method A mobile network access device, system and method are disclosed. The method includes sending data or a command to a storing unit or a baseband processing unit according to a logical address in a Secure Digital (SD) command, where the SD command is a result of converting... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110271053 | MOBILE DATA MEMORY WITH AUTOMATIC DELETE FUNCTION The invention relates to a mobile data memory (1) comprising a data memory module (2) and a holding and/or carrying device (3), wherein the data memory module (2) has a non-volatile, re-writable semiconductor memory (4) and an access c... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264714 | SD CARD MEMORY TOOL A method and apparatus that creates situations in which insufficient memory is available to store a file created by a computer game device on an SD memory card, or exactly enough memory is available to store a file or sufficient memory is available to store a file. Depe... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258390 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING DATA INTEGRITY OF REMOVABLE MEDIA OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE The described embodiments relate generally to methods, systems and devices for maintaining data integrity of a removable media card of a handheld electronic device, particularly when such media card is removed from such device.... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110238905 | PRIMARY STORAGE MEDIA WITH ASSOCIATED SECONDARY STORAGE MEDIA FOR EFFICIENT DATA MANAGEMENT A system according to one embodiment includes a tape cartridge, the tape cartridge comprising: a housing; a magnetic recording tape in the housing; and a non-tape nonvolatile memory coupled to the housing, the nonvolatile memory being for storing therein an index compri... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231608 | Multi-channel integrated circuit card and method of controlling the same A system and method for controlling a memory card are provided. The system may include a memory card and a host. The memory card may have a plurality of data transceiving channels, and the host may selectively activate the data transceiving channels in the memory card a... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231607 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE A computer-implemented method that enables an operation relative to a removable storage medium connected with a computer includes, obtaining an erasing flag to be set to the removable storage medium on the basis of a predetermined rule when the removable storage medium ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231609 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CARD SYSTEM A method of controlling a semiconductor memory card system including a host device incorporating a semiconductor memory card and communicating information with a user of the host device to warn the imminent end of the life of the memory card in the system is provided. A... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231638 | Preinstalled operating system instances stored on removable storage devices One or more removable storage devices inserted into a computing device store a number of different preinstalled operating system instances. The computing device has a number of logical partitions. Each logical partition is independently executed on the computing device.... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225365 | EMULATING A COMPUTER SYSTEM ON A REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE A removable storage device with a processor and a non-volatile memory, and a method for using a removable storage device, are provided to emulate the computer system. The storage device stores in the non-volatile memory data it obtained from a first computer system, the... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110219184 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING HIGH AVAILABILITY METADATA ABOUT DATA In one embodiment, a method includes receiving metadata corresponding to data on a removable storage device/medium, storing the metadata to a metadata repository that is not on the removable storage device/medium, associating an identifier with the stored metadata (the ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110208913 | STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE SYSTEM Disclosed herein is a storage device including: a communication execution unit configured to be capable of controlling an operation state between a communication-enabled state in which data communication is possible and a pause state in which data communication is impos... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110208657 | Mobile monetary transactions and banking for rural populations Authenticating users for mobile transactions conducted over mobile phones. In general, the present invention makes it possible to securely authenticate a rural user (using the unique user ID from the uWallet, the client certificate in the mobile phone of the rural user ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110197100 | NON-VOLATILE REDUNDANT VERIFIABLE INDICATION OF DATA STORAGE STATUS A non-volatile redundant verifiable indication of data storage status is provided with respect to data storage operations conducted with respect to removable data storage media, and store the indication with an auxiliary non-volatile memory of the data storage media, su... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187857 | Portable Data Management Device for Animals A portable data management device (10) for an animal has electronic reader means for reading a microchip secured to the animal, an electronic camera (14, 16) for taking photographs, a screen (18) for visualizing data, and a key pad (20) for i... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110184994 | NETWORK AND METHOD FOR DATA INPUT, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL A personal electronic carrier device (PECD) comprising means for receiving PECD data; means for storing PECD data; means for transmitting PECD data directly or indirectly PECD; and operating software means to effect the receiving, storing and transmitting the PECD data.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110184757 | INTERACTIVE MEDICAL CARD AND METHOD OF PROCESSING MEDICAL INFORMATION STORED THEREON The present disclosure relates generally to an apparatus, system and method, and more specifically to a portable electronic interactive medical card, which includes a cardholder's medical information for which access is authenticated by biometric verification means.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110179194 | METHODS FOR HANDLING REMOVAL OF MEDIA STORAGE DEVICES In response to an insertion of a removable storage device into a data processing system, the removable storage device is automatically mounted by an operating system (OS) in a file system of the data processing system. A daemon is configured to determine a type of media... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110173377 | Secure portable data storage device A portable memory device for use with a host device includes an array of non-volatile memory and a memory controller for performing memory access operations. A processor issues an authorization challenge to a host device prior to enabling external access to the memory. ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167201 | EXPANDABLE CAPACITY SOLID STATE DRIVE An expandable solid state drive is provided, comprising a main printed circuitboard, wherein the main printed circuitboard comprises a controller, an interface to a host, and connectors suitable to removably receive connectors mounted on a daughter card, the daughter ca... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110161573 | DEVICE IDENTIFIERS FOR NONVOLATILE MEMORY MODULES A memory card has a data scrambler that performs a data scrambling operation on data stored in the memory card according to a device ID associated with the memory card. The device ID is either set at the factory and permanently stored in the card, or configurable by a u... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110161583 | MEMORY CARD AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS IN STACKED STRUCTURE A memory card and memory system are disclosed. The memory card includes a plurality of ports formed on an external surface of the memory card, a memory controller coupled to the plurality of ports and configured to communicate with an external host through the ports, an... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153933 | DATA STORAGE ON WRITEABLE REMOVABLE MEDIA IN A COMPUTING DEVICE On a computing device making use of removable storage media, the mechanical nature of the process for removing of the media enables the device to detect the beginning of this process before it reaches the point where the removable media has been removed to the extent th... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153934 | MEMORY CARD AND COMMUNICATION METHOD BETWEEN A MEMORY CARD AND A HOST UNIT A memory card and a communication method between a memory card and a host unit are disclosed. High throughput of data between the memory card and the host unit is guaranteed by providing a communication interface between the memory card and the host unit including a fir... | 06/23/2011 |
