Method for managing partitions in a storage device
US7853772B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0679
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for re-allocating memory partition space is provided. The method comprises determining when a first memory partition is full or has reached a threshold value, determining that a second memory partition has unused storage space that can be allocated to the first memory partition, and assigning the unused storage space from the second memory partition to the first memory partition. A memory controller embedded within the mass storage device and having an interface to an external host assigns the unused storage space from the second memory partition to the first memory partition.
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