Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Liran Sharoni

Alon Marcu

Amir Shaharabany

Miki Sapir

Ido Shilo

The present disclosure describes technologies and techniques for use by a data storage controller&#x2014;such as a controller for use with a NAND or other non-volatile memory (NVM)&#x2014;to provide a user-expandable memory space. In examples described herein, a customer may choose to purchase access to only a portion of the total available memory space of a consumer device, such as a smartphone. Later, the customer may expand the user-accessible memory space. In one example, the customer submits suitable payment via a communication network to a centralized authorization server, which returns an unlock key. Components within the data storage controller of the consumer device then use the key to unlock additional memory space within the device. In this manner, if the initial amount of memory the consumer paid for becomes full, the consumer may conveniently expand the amount of user-accessible memory.

Expandable memory for use with solid state systems and devices

A method and system for user experience event processing and analysis are provided. In one embodiment, a computing device correlates detected pre-defined user experience events with data indicating activity of a storage device over a time period and generates an analysis of the correlation. In another embodiment, a computing device compares first and second recorded videos to identify differences, wherein the first and second recorded videos are synchronized based on content rather than time, correlates the differences with the data indicating activity of a storage device of a host device, and generates an analysis of the correlation. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

Method and system for user experience event processing and analysis

A method and system for user experience event processing and analysis are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising: receiving a recorded video of a display of the host device and a reference video; comparing the recorded video with the reference video to identify differences, wherein the recorded video and the reference video are synchronized based on content rather than time; receiving data indicating activity of a storage device of the host device; correlating the differences with the data indicating activity of the storage device; and generating an analysis of the correlation. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

Growing community of inventors

Hod Hasharon, Israel

Liran Sharoni