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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventors:
Klair Kent, Marion, IA (US);
Ramon C. Redondo, Marion, IA (US);
Assignee:
HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 17/30117 (2013.01); G06F 17/30156 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of managing NAND flash memory in an electronic device whereby system performance of the electronic device is minimally impacted is disclosed. The method comprises collecting files that are marked for deletion or truncation; monitoring an activity level of the electronic device; monitoring a total size of the list of files that are marked for deletion or truncation; determining if the electronic device is idle; and trimming the flash memory of the electronic device if predetermined criteria are met.