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Extending the capabilities of existing devices without making modifications to the existing devices

US9753878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Randolph Wang · Princeton, US
Shaojun Wei · 安丰镇, CN
Leibo Liu · Beijing, CN
Eugene Yuk-Yin Tang · King City, CA
Jiqiang Song · Beijing, CN
Sun Chan · Fremont, US
Dawei Wang
Jesse Fang · San Jose, US
Paul Peng · Somerville, US
Shouyi Yin · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2011
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system of extending functionalities of a host device using a smart flash storage device comprises the host device having a host interface and configured to perform a specific function to generate a first set of data. The host device is coupled with a flash storage device. The flash storage device is configured to conform to a flash memory interface. A set of data generated by the host device is to be stored in flash memory storage of the flash storage device. A processor of the flash storage device is configured to run one or more user applications to process the set of data. The processor is to operate using power supplied by the host device.

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