Copying data onto an expandable memory

• US 9,495,323 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2013
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Yost, Karl Steven, Song, Jaigak, Middleton, Justin, Zimmerman, Scott, Hales, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, DUYEN MY
• Application Number:
  US13/757,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20130151644A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,383 Days
• Field of Search: 709/232, 709/212, 709/248, 707/621, 707/622
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/167 using a common memory, e.g. mailbox
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

This document describes a method for synchronizing files on an expandable memory card coupled to a first computing device with an application running on a second computing device, where downloading of files is performed wirelessly without user involvement.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

an expandable memory interface configured to couple an expandable memory to the computing device;

a transceiver configured to receive, over a network, one or more files that are to be written to the expandable memory;

a file daemon module configured to write the received one or more files to the expandable memory via the expandable memory interface; and

the transceiver further configured to;

transmit an acknowledgement signal to an additional computing device over the network when the one or more files are written to the expandable memory, the acknowledgement signal enabling the additional computing device to display a status indicating that the one or more files are written to the expandable memory;

communicate a current directory of filenames corresponding to a current set of files stored on the expandable memory to the additional computing device over the network; and

communicate an indication of an amount of free space remaining on the expandable memory to the additional computing device over the network.

2. The computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the transceiver is further configured to communicate a current directory of filenames corresponding to one or more additional files stored on an additional expandable memory to the additional computing device over the network responsive to the additional expandable memory being coupled to the computing device.

3. The computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the file daemon module is configured to run transparent to a user of the computing device.

4. The computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a wireless device, and wherein the one or more files are received from a server via a wireless network.

5. The computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the expandable memory is removable from the wireless device.

6. The computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more files comprise one or more data files, PDF files, picture files, music files, or video files.

7. A method comprising:

causing display of a folder view on a display of a computing device to enable a user to copy files to an expandable memory coupled to a remote computing device;

receiving a user command to copy one or more of the files into the folder view;

copying the one or more files into the folder view;

responsive to the copying, automatically transmitting the one or more files to a remote server effective to cause the one or more files to be copied into the expandable memory coupled to the remote computing device;

causing display of a status view on the display of the computing device that tracks the copying of the one or more files into the expandable memory coupled to the remote computing device;

receiving an acknowledgement signal when the one or more files have been written to the expandable memory;

receiving a current directory of filenames corresponding to a current set of files stored on the expandable memory; and

receiving an indication of an amount of free space remaining on the expandable memory.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the expandable memory is removable from the remote computing device.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more files comprise one or more data files, PDF files, picture files, music files, or video files.

10. A method comprising:

receiving one or more files from a first application running at a first computing device, the one or more files automatically transmitted from the first computing device responsive to being copied into the first application;

automatically transmitting the one or more files to a second computing device to initiate a second application running on the second computing device to write the one or more files onto an expandable memory coupled to the second computing device;

initiating display of a status view on a display of the first computing device that tracks the copying of the one or more files into the expandable memory coupled to the second computing device;

receiving an acknowledgement signal from the second application when the one or more files have been written to the expandable memory;

receiving from the second computing device a current directory of filenames representing a current set of files stored on the expandable memory in the second computing device, and an indication of an amount of free space remaining on the expandable memory; and

transmitting to the first application, the current directory of filenames and the indication of the amount of free space remaining on the expandable memory.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the expandable memory is removable from the second computing device.

12. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more files comprise one or more data files, PDF files, picture files, music files, or video files.

13. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the one or more files are received over a data network and transmitted over a wireless network to the second computing device.

14. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the first application is a Java applet running within a desktop interface application.