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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Jakke Mäkelä, Turku, FI;
Marko Ahvenainen, Ruutana, FI;
Jakke Mäkelä, Turku, FI;
Marko Ahvenainen, Ruutana, FI;
Spyder Navigations L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A device, a computer readable medium, and a method are provided. The device includes, but is not limited to, a sensor, a processor, a non-volatile memory, and a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium includes, but is not limited to, computer-readable instructions stored therein that, upon execution by the processor, perform operations comprising initiating a write operation of data to the non-volatile memory; during the initiated write operation, monitoring the sensor to determine if the electronic device is falling; and if the electronic device is determined to be falling, interrupting the initiated write operation and executing a non-volatile memory shutdown procedure.