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Virtual memory card controller

  • US 7,558,907 B2
  • Filed: 10/13/2006
  • Issued: 07/07/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system that transparently employs standard read or write operations at a sector level to facilitate interactions between a host and a mass storage block device, comprising:

  • an interface to a host;

    a data store addressable at a sector level; and

    a virtual controller component that controls access to the data store and is configured to advertise a special object to a file system employed by the host to facilitate a bi-directional communication socket, wherein the socket is employed to transfer a command that is encapsulated within the socket and transmitted along the interface.

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