System and method of digital content manipulation

• US 20070237037A1
• Filed: 03/29/2007
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SanDisk IL Ltd. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: SanDisk IL Ltd. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Teicher, Mordechai
• Application Number:
  US11/727,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20070237037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0683 Plurality of storage devices
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/65 wherein solid state memory is used for storing indexing information or metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/657 Memory in disc [MID]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A system for manipulating digital content includes a storage volume having a non-volatile primary storage device and a non-volatile secondary storage device. The two storage devices are distinct hardware elements. The primary storage device stores the digital content, and the secondary storage device stores user commands. The system also includes one or more appliances, which communicate with the storage volume. The appliances collectively transmit a user command defining a processing request regarding the digital content and initiate processing of the digital content according to the processing request. A method of operating a content appliance to interact with a storage volume includes sending to the storage volume a user command defining a processing request related to digital content stored in a primary storage device and storing the user command in a secondary storage device.

Claims

1. A system for manipulating digital content, the system comprising:

(a) a storage volume including;

(i) a non-volatile primary storage device configured to store the digital content; and

(ii) a non-volatile secondary storage device configured to store user commands, said primary and secondary storage devices being distinct hardware elements; and

(b) one or more appliances configured to communicate with said storage volume, said one or more appliances collectively configured;

(i) to record, on said secondary storage device, a user command defining a processing request regarding the digital content; and

(ii) to read, from said secondary storage device, said user command and to initiate processing of the digital content according to said processing request.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary storage device includes an optical disk.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary storage device includes a magnetic disk.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary storage device includes a solid-state disk.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said secondary storage device is attached to said primary storage device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said storage volume further includes:

(iii) a storage shell configured to accommodate said primary storage device, wherein said secondary storage device is attached to said storage shell.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said storage volume further includes:

(iii) a storage shell configured to accommodate said primary storage device,

wherein said secondary storage device is reversibly attachable to one of said primary storage device and said storage shell.

8. The system of claim 6 further comprising:

(d) an indication unit attached to said storage shell, said indication unit operative to visibly change in response to a signal transmitted to said storage volume.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said indication unit includes a light emitting diode display.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said indication unit includes a bi-stable display.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said indication unit includes a liquid crystal display.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said storage volume further includes circuitry for wireless communication for said communication with said one or more appliances.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said storage volume further includes circuitry for wired communication for said communication with said one or more appliances.

14. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

(c) a rack including;

(i) a plurality of receptacles each configured to accommodate said storage volume; and

(ii) circuitry attached to each of said plurality of receptacles, said circuitry configured to communicate between at least one of said one or more appliances and said storage volume.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

(d) a plurality of indication units, each of said indication unit placed next to a corresponding receptacle, said indication unit operative to visibly change in response to a signal sent to said storage volume accommodated in said corresponding receptacle.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein one of said one or more appliances is further configured to create a volume catalog of the digital content and to record said volume catalog onto said secondary storage device.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said secondary storage device is configured to receive a volume catalog from one of said one or more appliances and to store said volume catalog.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more appliances are embodied as a single appliance.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more appliances are embodied as two distinct appliances, one of said appliances configured to record said user command on said secondary storage device and the other of said appliances configured to read said user command from said secondary storage device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said appliance configured to record said user command is further configured to create a volume catalog of the digital content.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said secondary storage device is configured to store said volume catalog.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein said secondary storage device is embedded within an electronic chip.

23. A casing connectable to a content appliance, the casing comprising:

(a) a storage shell configured to accommodate exactly one optical disk;

(b) a non-volatile storage device attached to said storage shell; and

(c) a communication interface configured to communicate between said storage device and the content appliance.

24. The casing of claim 23, wherein said communication interface is wireless.

25. The casing of claim 23, wherein said communication interface is wired.

26. The casing of claim 23 further comprising:

(d) an indication unit attached to said storage shell, said indication unit operative to visibly change in response to a signal received from the content appliance.

27. The casing of claim 26, wherein said indication unit includes a light emitting diode display.

28. The casing of claim 26, wherein said indication unit includes a bi-stable display.

29. The casing of claim 26, wherein said indication unit includes a liquid crystal display.

30. A method of operating a content appliance to interact with a storage volume, the storage volume having a primary storage device storing digital content and a secondary storage device, the primary and secondary storage devices being distinct hardware elements, the method comprising:

(a) sending to the storage volume a user command defining a processing request related to the digital content stored in the primary storage unit; and

(b) storing said user command in the secondary storage device.

31. The method of claim 30 further comprising:

(c) processing the digital content according to said processing request.

32. The method of claim 30 further comprising:

(c) transmitting a signal to visibly change an indication unit on the storage volume.

33. The method of claim 30 further comprising:

(c) creating a volume catalog of the digital content and storing said volume catalog in said secondary user command.