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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108607 | Memory system topologies including a buffer device and an integrated circuit memory device Systems, among other embodiments, include topologies (data and/or control/address information) between an integrated circuit buffer device (that may be coupled to a master, such as a memory controller) and a plurality of integrated circuit memory devices. For exampl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8086798 | Multimedia storage device The present invention discloses a multimedia storage device comprising a cartridge and a loader. The cartridge connects to media devices of different formats, and the loader comprises a loading/ejecting device and connects to an external application device. The cart... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082395 | Portable electronic device In an IC card, an operating system manages the access order of each channel for each file using a channel management table. An application controls access to each file based on the access order managed in the channel management table. The channel management table st... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074022 | Programmable heterogeneous memory controllers for main memory with different memory modules A computer system is disclosed including a printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of traces, at least one processor mounted to the PCB to couple to some of the plurality of traces, a heterogeneous memory channel including a plurality of sockets coupled to... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074024 | Electronic flash memory external storage method and device An electronic flash memory external storage method and device for data processing system includes firmware which directly controls the access of electronic storage media and implements standard interface functions, adopts particular reading and writing formats of th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074023 | In-system programming to switch memory access from one area to another in memory cards In-system programming to switch memory access from one area to another in memory cards is disclosed. A command to access a first area of a memory card is received. Access is switched from the first area of the memory card to a second area of the memory card if speci... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069307 | Accessing metadata with an external host Systems and processes may be used to retrieve metadata from a nonvolatile memory of a portable device and transmit the retrieved metadata to an external host. Metadata may be analyzed using the external host and/or at least a portion of the metadata may be modified ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055844 | Memory card and memory storage device using the same A memory card and a memory storage device using the memory card may be provided. The memory card may include a host connector, a memory controller connected to the host connector and enabled or disabled in response to a capacity expansion signal, a non-volatile memo... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051245 | Information processing system capable of recognizing and accessing removable external storage device in simple scheme, method for controlling information processing system, and image input and output apparatus It is recognized that an attached USB memory is an unanalyzable USB memory. Then, disconnect setting is made. A USB connection process is performed. A PC is instructed through a connection line to establish USB connection. The PC recognizes that the attached device ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8037248 | Displaying memory statistics for a keydrive Methods, systems, and products are provided that display memory statistics for a keydrive that do not require the keydrive to be plugged into another device. Displaying memory statistics according to embodiments of the present invention include receiving a command r... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032705 | Method and apparatus for providing games and content In an embodiment of the invention, a dongle is configured for communication with an electronic device. The dongle includes a connector, a controller, a first memory and a second memory. The connector is for interfacing with the electronic device. The controller is f... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024520 | Maintaining data stored in a memory module when transferring the memory module from a first controller to a second controller To transfer a memory module between controllers, an external power source is connected to a memory module mounted to a first controller. The memory module is removed from the first controller with the external power source connected to the memory module to maintain ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019942 | Memory cards including a standard security function A memory card of one published standard, such as the Multi-Media Card (MMC) or Secure Digital Card (SD), is modified to include the function of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) according to another published standard. The controller of the memory card communicates... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006037 | Using external memory devices to improve system performance The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001325 | Memory card that supports file system interoperability A removable data storage device that intelligently operates as one large data storage region or as multiple, smaller data storage regions is disclosed. The removable data storage device can be used in not only modern electronic products (using 32-bit addressing) but... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001326 | Portable terminal A management apparatus including a portable terminal identifying module to receive card information from a non-contact IC card processing unit having a module to communicate with an IC card without contact. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996613 | Electronic device using memory to expand storage capacity The present invention discloses an electronic device using a memory to expand storage capacity, and the device includes a main board and a data storage module. The main board includes at least one interface card slot, and the data storage module includes at least on... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991953 | Method of verifying pseudo-code loaded in an embedded system, in particular a smart card The invention relates to a verification of applications in interpreted language of the byte-code type (pseudo-code) loaded on portable electronic devices, in particular a chipcard and a method for verification of an application (31) interpreted by a virtual m... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991954 | Memory module, memory system, and information device A memory system including ROM and RAM in which reading and writing are enabled. A memory system includes a non-volatile memory (FLASH), DRAM, a control circuit, and an information processing device. Data in FLASH is transferred to SRAM or DRAM in advance. Data trans... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987319 | System and method for improved media identification in a storage device Systems and methods are provided for improved identification of removable storage media. A scanner may be used to read an identifier, such as a barcode, on a removable storage media. In the event that the scanner reads the identifier incorrectly due to a defect in t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984239 | Control program download device A control program download device is disclosed that is to be connected to a host computer and to one or more external devices having predetermined functions so as to download a control program for controlling the external device from the host computer to a rewritabl... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979636 | 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 provide... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975105 | Solid state storage devices with changeable capacity A reconfigurable type of flash memory-based storage device is disclosed. According to one aspect, a flash SSD comprises a data bridge and a plurality of flash memory cards. The data bridge includes necessary interfaces, a data buffer and a data management module to ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975106 | Managing device configurations and documents workflow through a portable storage device An MFP that is configured to receive instruction sets for processing documents, such as workflows, from a portable memory device. The MFP may be part of a larger network computer system and may also be able to receive workflows for processing documents from other co... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962691 | Information processing apparatus and computer usable medium therefor An information processing apparatus capable of executing at least one information processing operation is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a process control system to execute one of the at least one information processing operation to a piece ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953930 | 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... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945734 | Removable storage device with code to allow change detection A system that provides rapid detection of modifications to content on a removable storage device. The system includes a removable storage device having a code for indicating that modifications were made to the content on the removable storage device. The system also... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937529 | Detection of frequent improper removals of and changing writing policies to prevent data loss in memory sticks Methods, system and computer program products for detection of frequent improper removals of and changing writing policies to prevent data loss in memory sticks. Exemplary embodiments include a method including detecting insertions of the memory stick, detecting rem... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930478 | Semiconductor memory card, playback apparatus, recording apparatus, playback method, recording method and a computer-readable storage medium A semiconductor memory card stores a plurality of audio objects (AOBs) that compose a plurality of tracks and playlist information showing a reproduction order for the tracks. The semiconductor memory card also stores, as resume information (PLMG_RSM_PL), (1) a Play... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917697 | Auto start configuration with portable mass storage device A portable flash memory storage device such as a memory card can configure a host device upon insertion. The configuration may specify applications or other sequences of operations to be executed by the host upon insertion of the card. Files on the card may be assoc... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904655 | Branching memory-bus module with multiple downlink ports to standard fully-buffered memory modules A branching memory-bus module has one uplink port and two or more downlink ports. Frames sent downstream by a host processor are received on the uplink port and repeated to the multiple downlink ports to two or more branches of memory modules. Frames sent upstream t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7861037 | Methods of auto starting with portable mass storage device A portable flash memory storage device such as a memory card can configure a host device upon insertion. The configuration may specify applications or other sequences of operations to be executed by the host upon insertion of the card. Files on the card may be assoc... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7861038 | Method and apparatus for managing data in a hybrid drive system The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for managing data in a hybrid drive system. In one embodiment, a process determines whether the detachable memory contains clean data in response to identifying that a cache portion of a d... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849267 | Network-extended storage Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for network-extended storage. A portable storage device is coupled to a host computer, and network extension code stored on the portable storage device is invoked. The network extension code is operable to ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836252 | System and method for optimizing interconnections of memory devices in a multichip module An apparatus and method couples memory devices in a memory module to a memory hub on the module such that signals traveling from the hub to the devices have the same propagation time regardless of which device is involved. The hub receives memory signals from a cont... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827352 | Loading data from a memory card A memory card detection method comprising detecting insertion of a memory card into a device's card slot; creating a memory card construct in a non-volatile memory storage; copying data from the memory card to the memory card construct; and informing the device that... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805570 | System and method for secure document processing using removable data storage The subject application is directed to a system and method for secure document processing. A removable storage, such as a flash drive, magnetic storage, IC card, is installed in document processing device. A selected document processing operation, such as copying, s... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805571 | Using external memory devices to improve system performance The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805569 | Electronic apparatus and method for detecting a state of a removable medium A method and an apparatus for detecting a state of a removable medium installed in an electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a detection device, a non-volatile storage device, a state change detection device, and a first notification dev... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797490 | Memory card authentication system, memory card host device, memory card, storage area switching method, and storage area switching program A system for authenticating a memory card including: a memory card host device including a plural area authentication module which judges whether the memory card has plural storage areas, and an area switching module which switches a storage area subject to access a... | 09/14/2010 |
