Wireless enabled memory module
DCFirst 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 interface including host-to-module interconnect enabled to removably couple with the host and a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect;
wireless transceiver circuitry adapted to couple with the wireless network;
a memory controller coupled to the host-to-module interface controller;
an embedded non-volatile memory coupled to the memory controller;
a control sub-system coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry and the memory controller, the control sub-system being adapted to at least in part control data transfers between the memory and the wireless network without requiring any action by the host; and
wherein the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, the memory controller, the embedded non-volatile memory, and the control sub-system are contained in a shared housing.
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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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33 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 interface including host-to-module interconnect enabled to removably couple with the host and a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect; wireless transceiver circuitry adapted to couple with the wireless network; a memory controller coupled to the host-to-module interface controller; an embedded non-volatile memory coupled to the memory controller; a control sub-system coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry and the memory controller, the control sub-system being adapted to at least in part control data transfers between the memory and the wireless network without requiring any action by the host; and wherein the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, the memory controller, the embedded non-volatile memory, and the control sub-system are contained in a shared housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. 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 interface including host-to-module interconnect enabled to removably couple with the host and a host-to-module interface controller coupled to the host-to-module interconnect; wireless transceiver circuitry adapted to couple with the wireless network; a removable memory controller coupled to the host-to-module interface controller; a slot for receiving and coupling the removable memory to the removable memory controller; a control sub-system coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry and the removable memory controller, the control sub-system being adapted to at least in part control data transfers between the memory and the wireless network without requiring any action by the host; and wherein the host-to-module interface controller, the wireless transceiver circuitry, the removable memory controller, and the control sub-system are contained in a shared housing. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of transferring data, the method comprising:
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coupling a wireless-enabled removable module to an expansion port of a host; coupling a non-volatile memory to the removable module; transferring data of a first type between the host and the non-volatile memory; communicating with the removable module over a first wireless network from a remote wireless-enabled device; through a user interface of the remote device, directing a control sub-system of the removable module; under the control of the control sub-system as directed by the remote device, transferring data of a second type between the remote device and the non-volatile memory; and wherein the communicating, the directing, and the transferring data of the second type are performed using browser-server transactions between a browser on the remote device and a web server executing in the control sub-system, and without requiring any action by the host. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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