Method for processing a file for a sub-memory in a wireless terminal

• US 20050160069A1
• Filed: 12/27/2004
• Published: 07/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hark-Sang, Park, Seok-Hyo, Ryu, Yeong-Moo, Park, Tae-Won, Suh, Byung-Hwan
• Application Number:
  US11/020,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20050160069A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0625 Power saving in storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0656 Data buffering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0674 Disk device
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/00057 MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio layer III [MP3]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10537 Audio or video recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/1062 Data buffering arrangements, e.g. recording or playback buffers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10685 input interface, i.e. the way data enter the buffer, e.g. by informing the sender that the buffer is busy
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10694 output interface, i.e. the way data leave the buffer, e.g. by adjusting the clock rate
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10731 wherein the buffer I/O can be temporarily suspended, e.g. by refusing to accept further data to be buffered
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/1074 involving a specific threshold value
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10805 involving specific measures to prevent a buffer overflow
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method of accessing and processing a file stored in a sub-memory of a portable terminal including the sub-memory and an internal memory capable of storing mass storage data. The method includes storing a file system menu of the sub-memory in the internal memory during a boot-up operation, displaying the file system menu when shifting into a file access mode for the sub-memory from a waiting mode, accessing file data selected from the file system menu and buffering the file data in the buffer of the internal memory until the file data have a size corresponding to a predetermined upper limit value, processing the buffered file data, buffering data of the sub-memory in the buffer until the data have a size corresponding to the upper limit value when a quantity of buffered data becomes lower than a predetermined lower limit value while processing the buffered file data, and repeating data processing and buffering procedures until a closing command is generated.

Claims

1. A method of accessing and processing a file stored in a sub-memory of a portable terminal including the sub-memory and an internal memory capable of storing mass storage data in which the internal memory has a buffer for accessing and buffering the file selected from the sub-memory, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a file system menu of the sub-memory in the internal memory during a boot-up operation;

displaying the file system menu stored in the internal memory when shifting into a file access mode for the sub-memory from a waiting mode;

accessing file data selected from the file system menu of the sub-memory and buffering the file data in the buffer of the internal memory until the file data have a size corresponding to a predetermined upper limit value;

processing the buffered file data;

buffering data of the sub-memory in the buffer until the data have a size corresponding to the upper limit value when quantity of buffered data becomes lower than a predetermined lower limit value while processing the buffered file data; and

repeating data processing and buffering procedures until a closing command is generated.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper limit value has a size corresponding to ⅔

of the buffer and the lower limit value has a size corresponding to ⅓

of the buffer.

3. A method of accessing and processing a file stored in a sub-memory of a portable terminal including the sub-memory as an external memory and an internal memory having a buffer for accessing and buffering the file selected from the sub-memory, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a file system menu of the sub-memory in the internal memory during a boot-up operation;

displaying the file system menu stored in the internal memory when shifting into a file access mode for the sub-memory from a waiting mode;

checking whether a size of the file selected from the file system menu is adapted to be buffered in the buffer;

accessing the selected file stored in the sub-memory and buffering the selected file in the buffer of the internal memory if the selected file has a size adapted to be buffered in the buffer;

processing the file buffered in the buffer when the buffering step is completed;

accessing the selected file stored in the sub-memory and buffering the selected file in the buffer of the internal memory if the selected file has a size exceeding a size of the buffer;

processing the buffered file data;

continuously processing the buffered file data and driving the sub-memory in order to buffer data of the sub-memory in the buffer if quantity of the buffered file data becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined lower limit value while processing the buffered file data; and

stopping a file access step for the sub-memory and returning to the buffered file processing step if quantity of the buffered file data corresponds to a predetermined upper limit value while processing the buffered file data.

4. A method of storing data in a portable terminal including a sub-memory and a main memory capable of storing mass storage data in which the main memory has a buffer area including a plurality of blocks, the method comprising the steps of:

assigning the buffer area to the main memory in a data storage mode;

processing input data and buffering the processed data in the buffer area of the main memory;

driving a file system when the data have buffered corresponding to the upper limit value of the buffer area, buffering the processed data in a next block of the buffer area, selecting a block of the buffer area, in which the data are primarily buffered, by means of the file system, and storing the data being buffered in the selected block in the sub-memory; and

repeating the above steps until a closing command is generated.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the buffer area includes three blocks, it is determined as the upper limit value if the data are buffered in two blocks of the buffer area, and it is determined as the lower limit value if the data are buffered in one block of the buffer area.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein a size of the block of the buffer area depends on a sort of data to be processed.

7. A method of storing data in a portable terminal including a sub-memory and a main memory capable of storing mass storage data in which the main memory has a buffer area including a plurality of blocks, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying files stored in the sub-memory in a data reproduction mode and assigning the buffer area to the main memory when a file is selected from the files;

driving a file system so as to buffer the data until the data have buffered corresponding to an upper limit block of the buffer area of the main memory;

processing the buffered data, driving the file system when the buffered data are processed corresponding to the lower limit block of the buffer area, and buffering data of the sub-memory corresponding to the upper limit block of the buffer area by means of the file system; and

repeating the above steps until a closing command is generated.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the buffer area includes three blocks, it is determined as the upper limit value if the data are buffered in two blocks of the buffer area, and it is determined as the lower limit value if the data are buffered in one block of the buffer area.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein a size of the block of the buffer area depends on a sort of data to be processed.

10. A method of processing a file stored in a sub-memory capable of storing mass storage data in a portable terminal including the sub-memory and a buffer for buffering data of the sub-memory, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a menu of a file system of the sub-memory in a data reproduction mode;

selecting a file from the menu, accessing the selected file stored in the sub-memory, and buffering the selected file in the buffer of an internal memory with a predetermined size; and

processing the file buffered in the buffer.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of buffering the data of the sub-memory in the internal memory includes the substeps of accessing the selected file stored in the sub-memory, buffering the selected file corresponding to an upper limit value of the buffer of the internal memory, stopping the buffering for the selected file when the selected file has been buffered corresponding to the upper limit value of the buffer, and restarting the buffering for the selected file when quantity of the buffered data become lower than a predetermined lower limit value.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the upper limit value of the buffer has a size corresponding to ⅔

of the buffer and the lower limit value of the buffer has a size corresponding to ⅓

of the buffer.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the step of storing the file system menu of the sub-memory in the internal memory during a boot-up operation.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of buffering the data of the sub-memory in the buffer includes the substeps of buffering data corresponding to a number of upper limit blocks in the buffer, stopping the buffering when data corresponding to the number of upper limit blocks have been buffered, and restarting the buffering when data corresponding to a number of a lower limit block have been buffered.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the buffer area includes three blocks, it is determined as the upper limit value if the data are buffered in two blocks of the buffer area, and it is determined as the lower limit value if the data are buffered in one block of the buffer area.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a size of the block of the buffer area depends on a sort of data to be processed.

19. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the buffer area includes three blocks, it is determined as the upper limit value if the data are buffered in two blocks of the buffer area, and it is determined as the lower limit value if the data are buffered in one block of the buffer area.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein a size of the block of the buffer area depends on a sort of data to be processed.

17. A method of processing a file stored in a sub-memory capable of storing mass storage data in a portable terminal including the sub-memory and a buffer for buffering data of the sub-memory, the method comprising the steps of:

buffering processed data in the buffer during a data storage mode of the sub-memory;

storing the data in the sub-memory when the data corresponding to a predetermined upper limit value have been buffered in the buffer, and stopping the storing operation for the data when the data buffered in the buffer has a size corresponding to a predetermined lower limit value; and

repeating the above steps if the data buffered in the buffer have a size corresponding to the upper limit value until a data processing procedure is finished.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step of buffering the buffered data in the sub-memory includes the substeps of buffering the processed data in the buffer until the buffered data correspond to a number of upper limit blocks in the buffer, storing the buffered data in the sub-memory when the data corresponding to the number of upper limit blocks have been buffered, and stopping the storing operation for the data when the buffered data correspond to a number of a lower limit block.