Wireless enabled memory module
First Claim
1. A removable module for coupling to a digital host and a wireless network, the coupling to the host being via an expansion port of the host, the wireless network having at least one remote wireless device, the module comprising:
- a host-to-module interconnect for removable coupling with the host;
a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect;
wireless transceiver circuitry for coupling with the wireless network;
a memory controller;
an embedded non-volatile memory coupled to the memory controller; and
a control sub-system coupled to the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, and the memory controller, the control sub-system managing the transfer of data between the embedded non-volatile memory and the wireless network.
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Abstract
A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host device providing a compatible memory card controller and interface. Host devices so equipped become wireless-memory enabled devices and can provide memory access to any other remote device enabled for compatible wireless communications. It is thereby possible for a remote device to access the memory content of the memory module and cause transfers of either full-size or scaled versions of the content to the remote device through a first network, and optionally further transfer the content from the remote device through a second network to the Internet in the form of an e-mail message or MMS attachment.
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21 Claims
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1. A removable module for coupling to a digital host and a wireless network, the coupling to the host being via an expansion port of the host, the wireless network having at least one remote wireless device, the module comprising:
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a host-to-module interconnect for removable coupling with the host;
a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect;
wireless transceiver circuitry for coupling with the wireless network;
a memory controller;
an embedded non-volatile memory coupled to the memory controller; and
a control sub-system coupled to the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, and the memory controller, the control sub-system managing the transfer of data between the embedded non-volatile memory and the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17)
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2. A removable module for operative coupling to a digital host, a removable memory, and a wireless network, the coupling to the host being via an expansion port of the host, the wireless network having at least one remote wireless device, the module comprising:
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a host-to-module interconnect for removable coupling with the host;
a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect;
wireless transceiver circuitry for coupling with the wireless network;
a removable memory controller;
a slot for receiving and coupling the removable memory to the removable memory controller; and
a control sub-system coupled to the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, and the removable memory controller, the control sub-system managing the transfer of data between the removable memory and the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18)
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19. A method of transferring data, the method comprising:
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providing a host with an expansion port;
coupling a removable module to the expansion port, the removable module having a host-to-module interconnect for removable coupling with the host, a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect, a control sub-system coupled to the host-to-module interface controller, wireless transceiver circuitry coupled to the control sub-system, and a memory controller coupled to the control sub-system;
coupling a non-volatile memory to the memory controller;
providing a remote wireless-enabled device, the remote device having a user interface and being capable of communicating over a first wireless network to the removable module;
accessing the non-volatile memory through the user interface of the remote device; and
transferring selected data between the remote device and the non-volatile memory. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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