SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN RELATION TO A WIRELESS STORAGE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A system for reducing power consumption in a mobile data storage device, the system comprising:
- a memory system including;
a hard disk drive;
a flash memory, wherein the flash memory includes a menu file, andwherein the menu file includes a list of content objects available on the hard disk drive; and
a processor, wherein the memory system includes instructions executable by the processor to update the menu file when a previously unavailable content object becomes available on the hard disk drive.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for reducing power consumption in a device including a memory system. As one example, a system may include a memory system with a hard disk drive and a flash memory. The flash memory maintains a menu file that includes a list of content objects available on the hard disk drive. In addition, the system includes a processor that executes software maintained on the memory system to update the menu file when a previously unavailable content object becomes available on the hard disk drive. Further, in some cases, the processor executes software that is operable to update the menu file when a previously available content object becomes unavailable on the hard disk drive. Additionally, the systems may include instructions executable by the processor to receive a play list, and to copy a first content object identified on the play list from the hard disk drive to the flash memory, and to copy a second content object identified on the play list from the hard disk drive to the flash memory. With the content objects thus moved to the flash memory, they can be uploaded to either the application device that supplied the play list, or to another application device designated as the recipient of the content objects.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for reducing power consumption in a mobile data storage device, the system comprising:
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a memory system including; a hard disk drive; a flash memory, wherein the flash memory includes a menu file, and wherein the menu file includes a list of content objects available on the hard disk drive; and a processor, wherein the memory system includes instructions executable by the processor to update the menu file when a previously unavailable content object becomes available on the hard disk drive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for power reduction, the method comprising:
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providing a memory system, wherein the memory system includes a hard disk drive and a flash memory; storing a content object to the hard disk drive; and maintaining a menu file in the flash memory, wherein the menu file identifies the content object, and wherein the menu file is in a format usable to drive a user interface of an application device communicably coupled to the memory system via a wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26)
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17. A method for reducing power consumption in relation to memory access operations, the method comprising:
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providing a memory system, wherein the memory system includes a hard disk drive and a flash memory, and wherein a first content object and a second content object are stored on the hard disk drive; receiving a play list, wherein the play list includes the first content object and the second content object; based at least in part on the play list, copying the first content object from the hard disk drive to the flash memory; and based at least in part on the play list, copying the second content object from the hard disk drive to the flash memory. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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