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Data block update utilizing flash memory having unused memory size smaller than the data block size

US6647480B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2000
Grant dateNov 11, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/65
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data stored in a block of first memory is updated over a LAN. The block is larger than the unused part of a second memory. After compressing the data it is transferred over a LAN to a device where the first and second memory are located. The data is decompressed in increments smaller than the unused part of the second memory and then written to the first memory.

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