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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Curtis C. Galloway, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
John Andrew Wright, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adi Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);
Kwasi G. Mireku, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Curtis C. Galloway, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
John Andrew Wright, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adi Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);
Kwasi G. Mireku, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a portable storage device that provides a tethering and portable storage service to a host is described. In an exemplary method, the portable storage device configures a tethering and a portable storage service interface for the host. The portable storage device provides the tethering service to a network for the host through the tethering interface. In addition, the portable storage device shares files stored on the portable storage device through the portable storage interface.