Method of Controlling Storage Device and Storage Device thereof

• US 20130200993A1
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Transcend Information Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Transcend Information Incorporated
• Inventors: Hsiao, Ming-Hong, Wu, Yang-Fei
• Granted Patent: US 8,665,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/4.31
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/85 interconnection devices, e.g. bus-connected or in-line devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2147 Locking files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/06 Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers , e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0602 specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

A storage device is capable of switching its wireless sharing mode while sensing occurrence of a flip-over on itself. With the aid of the storage device, a user may easily and intuitively activate an operation of sharing information with other external storage devices or determine a degree of sharing the information.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a storage device, comprising:

generating a predetermined trigger signal while the storage device is flipped over; and

switching the storage device between a first wireless sharing mode and a second wireless sharing mode in response to the predetermined trigger signal.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein before the step of generating the predetermined trigger signal further comprises a step of pressing a button to enable a sensor to sense a flip-over of the storage device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first wireless sharing mode allows a number of simultaneous external link with the storage device while the second wireless sharing mode allows none of external link with the storage device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first wireless sharing mode allows a first class of priority of linking the storage device, the second wireless sharing mode allows a second class of priority of linking the storage device, and the first class of priority of linking the storage device is higher than the second class of priority.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first wireless sharing mode allows a first maximal number of simultaneous external links with the storage device, the second wireless sharing mode allows a second maximal number of simultaneous external links with the storage device, and the first maximal number is larger than the second maximal number.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the first maximal number and the second maximal number of simultaneous external links indicates different maximal numbers of MAC addresses allowed to link with the storage device simultaneously.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the first maximal number and the second maximal number can be updated or predetermined according to a given command to the storage device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first wireless sharing mode allows a first maximal bandwidth of linking the storage device, the second wireless sharing mode allows a second maximal bandwidth, and the first maximal bandwidth is broader than the second maximal bandwidth.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing a plurality of pairs of wireless sharing modes so that one pair of the plurality of pairs of wireless sharing modes can be chosen;

wherein the chosen pair plurality of wireless modes comprises the first wireless sharing mode and the second wireless sharing mode.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein providing the plurality of wireless sharing modes so that the pair of the plurality of pairs of wireless sharing modes can be chosen comprises:

providing the plurality of wireless sharing modes stored in a mapping table; and

providing a function of choosing the pair of wireless sharing modes by using a hardware selector or an application program installed in the storage device.

11. A storage device comprising:

a sensor for generating a predetermined trigger signal while sensing that the storage device is flipped over;

a memory for storing a first wireless sharing mode and a second wireless sharing mode;

a processor for switching the storage device from the first wireless sharing mode to the second wireless sharing mode in response to the predetermined trigger signal; and

an antenna for transmitting information of the storage device in a wireless manner.

12. The storage device of claim 11 wherein the sensor is configured to generate the predetermined trigger signal after the storage device is flipped over while a predetermined button of the storage device is pressed.

13. The storage device of claim 11 further comprising a means for enabling the sensor to generate the predetermined trigger signal.

14. The storage device of claim 11 wherein the first wireless sharing mode allows a number of simultaneous external link with the storage device while the second wireless sharing mode allows none of external link with the storage device.

15. The storage device of claim 11 wherein the first wireless sharing mode allows a first class of priority of linking the storage device, the second wireless sharing mode allows a second class of priority of linking the storage device, and the first class of priority of linking the storage device is higher than the second class of priority.

16. The storage device of claim 11 wherein the first wireless sharing mode allows a first maximal number of simultaneous external links with the storage device, the second wireless sharing mode allows a second maximal number of simultaneous external links with the storage device, and the first maximal number is larger than the second maximal number.

17. The storage device of claim 16 wherein the first maximal number and the second maximal number of simultaneous external links indicates different maximal numbers of MAC addresses allowed to link with the storage device simultaneously.

18. The storage device of claim 16 wherein the first maximal number and the second maximal number can be updated or predetermined according to a given command to the storage device.

19. The storage device of claim 11 further comprising:

a selector for choosing one pair of a plurality of pairs of wireless sharing modes stored in the memory;

wherein the chosen pair plurality of wireless modes comprises the first wireless sharing mode and the second wireless sharing mode.

20. The storage device of claim 11 wherein the processor is further configured to run an application program for choosing one pair of a plurality of pairs of wireless sharing modes stored in the memory;

and

wherein the chosen pair plurality of wireless modes comprises the first wireless sharing mode and the second wireless sharing mode.

21. A method of controlling a storage device, comprising:

generating a predetermined trigger signal for indicating a faced-up/down status of the storage device; and

switching the storage device to a first wireless sharing mode or a second wireless sharing mode according to the predetermined trigger signal.

22. A storage device comprising:

a sensor for generating a predetermined trigger signal for indicating a faced-up/down status of the storage device;

a memory for storing a first wireless sharing mode and a second wireless sharing mode;

a processor for switching the storage device to a first wireless sharing mode or a second wireless sharing mode according to the predetermined trigger signal; and

an antenna for transmitting information of the storage device in a wireless manner.