SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EMBEDDING SECOND CONTENT IN FIRST CONTENT

• US 20100235329A1
• Filed: 03/09/2010
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SanDisk IL Ltd. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: SanDisk IL Ltd. (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: HAHN, JUDAH GAMLIEL, KOREN, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US12/720,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20100235329A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/687
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

Apparatus and methods of aggregating content are disclosed. A data storage device includes a host interface, a controller coupled to the host interface, and a memory array coupled to the controller. The host interface is configured to enable the data storage device to be operatively coupled to the host device. First content includes a reference to a source of second content to be embedded in the first content. The first content is retrievable via access to a resource. Upon retrieval, the reference is replaced by the second content such that the second content is embedded in the first content. The controller is configured to receive data of the resource, such received data including the second content embedded in the first content. The controller is also configured to store the received data at the memory array and, when the data storage device is operatively coupled to the host device, provide the second content embedded in the first content to the host device in response to receiving a request for the first content.

Claims

1. A data storage device comprising:

a host interface;

a controller coupled to the host interface; and

a memory array coupled to the controller,

wherein the host interface is configured to enable the data storage device to be operatively coupled to the host device,

wherein first content includes a reference to a source of second content to be embedded in the first content, wherein the first content is retrievable via access to a resource, and wherein upon retrieval, the reference is replaced by the second content such that the second content is embedded in the first content, and

wherein the controller is configured to

receive data of the resource, such received data including the second content embedded in the first content,

store the received data at the memory array and,

when the data storage device is operatively coupled to the host device, provide the second content embedded in the first content to the host device in response to receiving a request for the first content.

2. The data storage device of claim 1, wherein the reference to the source of the second content includes a second network resource address.

3. The data storage device of claim 2, wherein the first content is accessible to the resource via a first network resource address at a data network, and wherein the second content is retrievable via access to the second network resource address at the data network and not retrievable via access to the first network resource address.

4. The data storage device of claim 3, wherein the second network resource address includes a uniform resource locator (URL).

5. The data storage device of claim 1, wherein the memory array includes a cache and wherein the received data is stored at the cache.

6. The data storage device of claim 5, wherein the memory array further includes a user data area and wherein the controller is further configured to respond to a command to render the received data accessible by writing the received data from the cache to the user data area.

7. The data storage device of claim 6, wherein the memory array further includes a file system table corresponding to the user data area, and wherein the controller is further configured to update the file system table to indicate the received data.

8. The data storage device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to send a message to the host device after updating the file system table to cause the host device to load the updated file system table.

9. A method of storing data, the method comprising:

at a data storage device configured to be operatively coupled to a host device, wherein first content is retrievable via access to a resource, wherein the first content includes a reference to a source of second content to be embedded in the first content, and wherein upon retrieval, the reference is replaced by the second content such that the second content is embedded in the first content, performing

receiving the first content and the second content;

storing the first content and the second content as data that includes the second content embedded in the first content; and

in response to receiving a request for the first content, providing the second content embedded in the first content to the host device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data storage device includes a memory array that includes a cache and wherein the data is stored at the cache.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the memory array further includes a user data area, and further comprising:

receiving a command to render the data accessible; and

in response to receiving the command, writing the data from the cache to the user data area.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the memory array further includes a file system table corresponding to the user data area, and further comprising, in response to receiving the command, updating the file system table to identify the data.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising sending a message to the host device after updating the file system table to cause the host device to load the updated file system table.

14. A method of storing data, the method comprising:

at a data storage device configured to be operatively coupled to a host device, wherein first content is retrievable via access to a resource, wherein the first content includes a reference to a source of second content to be embedded in the first content, and wherein upon retrieval, the reference is replaced by the second content such that the second content is embedded in the first content, performing

receiving data from the host device when the data storage device is operatively coupled to the host device, wherein the received data includes the second content embedded in the first content;

storing the received data; and

in response to receiving a request for the first content, providing the second content embedded in the first content to the host device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the received data further includes fourth content embedded in third content,

wherein the third content is retrievable via access to the resource and includes a reference to a source of the fourth content to be embedded in the third content, and wherein upon retrieval, the reference to the source of the fourth content is replaced by the fourth content such that the fourth content is embedded in the third content, and

wherein the controller is further configured to provide the fourth content embedded in the third content to the host device in response to receiving a request for the third content.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the received data is received from the host device as a single data object.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the data is received in accordance with a data request schedule stored at the data storage device.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the received data is prefetched data that is selected according to a usage profile independent of a user request for the first content.

19. A data storage device comprising:

a host interface;

a controller coupled to the host interface; and

a memory array coupled to the controller, the memory array including a user data area and a cache,

wherein the host interface is configured to enable the data storage device to be operatively coupled to the host device,

wherein first content is retrievable via access to a resource wherein the first content includes a reference to a source of second content to be embedded in the first content, and wherein upon retrieval, the reference is replaced by the second content such that the second content is embedded in the first content,

wherein the controller is configured to receive data of the resource, such received data including the second content embedded in the first content,

wherein the controller is configured to store the received data at the cache,

wherein, in response to receiving a command to render the first content accessible, the controller is configured to write the received data to the user data area from the cache, and

wherein, in response to receiving a request for the first content, the controller is configured to provide the second content embedded in the first content from the user data area to the host device when the data storage device is operatively coupled to the host device.

20. The data storage device of claim 19, wherein the memory array further includes a file system table corresponding to the user data area, and wherein the controller is configured to update the file system table to indicate the first content in response to receiving the command.

21. The data storage device of claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to send a message to the host device after updating the file system table, wherein the message is configured to cause the host device to load the updated file system table.