Silicon Motion, Inc.

Symantec Operating Corporation

Mark F Wu

HanCheng Hsiung

Qiang Li

Gaohong Wei

Lalgudi V Sujatha

A method and system of generating a proxy for a database is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided wherein an image creation technique used to create a point-in-time image of a database is identified, a logical copy of the point-in-time image of the database is created using the image creation technique, and the logical copy of the point-in-time image of the database is presented as a proxy for the database. In another embodiment, one or more updates applied to the database following the creation of the point-in-time image are applied to the logical copy of the point-in-time image of the database.

Method and system of generating a proxy for a database

An audio device comprising a single chip memory controller and digital signal processor is provided for playing audio files from or recording voice to a computer or electronic device which is in a power saving state. The audio device may be internal to the computer/electronic device or it may be external and attached to the computer/electronic device. The audio device may handle multiple audio file formats and is programmable so that additional formats may be added. In one embodiment, when the computer/electronic device is placed in a power saving state, the audio device takes over the computer/electronic device's function of handling user requests to play audio files or to record audio to the computer/electronic device. In one embodiment the audio files may be played from or written to a hard-drive on the computer/electronic device. In alternate embodiments a CD-RW may be used instead of a hard drive.

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Mark F Wu