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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Michael J. Cornwell, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher P. Dudte, San Jose, CA (US);
Nir Jacob Wakrat, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Cornwell, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher P. Dudte, San Jose, CA (US);
Nir Jacob Wakrat, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/0778 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and processes may be used to retrieve metadata from a nonvolatile memory of a portable device and transmit the retrieved metadata to an external host. Metadata may be analyzed using the external host and/or at least a portion of the metadata may be modified based on the analysis. Modified metadata may be transmitted from the external host to a memory controller of the host.