Apparatus, system, and method for buffering write data in response to motion
View Patent ↗An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for buffering write data. A motion sensor module senses the motion of a motion-sensitive storage device. A direction module writes data to a buffer if the motion exceeds a threshold motion. The direction module further writes the data to the motion-sensitive storage device if the motion does not exceed the threshold motion. In one embodiment, a write module writes the data from the buffer to the motion-sensitive storage device when the motion does not exceed the threshold motion.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a motion sensor configured to sense the motion of a motion-sensitive storage device; and
a direction module configured to write data received from a computation module to a buffer if the motion exceeds a threshold motion and to the motion-sensitive storage device if the motion does not exceed the threshold motion, wherein the data is received after the motion sensor senses the motion.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a write module configured to write the data from the buffer to the motion-sensitive storage device when the motion does not exceed the threshold motion.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the direction module is further configured to poll the motion sensor module for motion data.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor module is further configured to communicate motion data to the direction module.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor is configured to notify the direction module that the motion exceeds the threshold motion.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the direction module is further configured as an intermediate driver in communication with an operating system and a motion-sensitive storage device driver, the operating system and the motion-sensitive storage device driver communicating through the intermediate driver.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a threshold modification module configured to modify the threshold motion in response to a storage requirement of a software process.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor module comprises an accelerometer.
9. A system to buffer write data, the system comprising:
a processor configured to process data;
a memory configured to store data;
a motion-sensitive storage device configured to store data;
a motion sensor configured to sense the motion of the motion-sensitive storage device;
a direction module configured to write data received from the processor to the memory if the motion exceeds a threshold motion and to the motion-sensitive storage device if the motion does not exceed the threshold motion, wherein the data is received after the motion sensor senses the motion; and
a threshold modification module configured to modify the threshold motion in response to a storage requirement of a software process.
10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a write module configured to write the data from the memory module to the motion-sensitive storage device when the motion does not exceed the threshold motion.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the motion-sensitive storage device is a hard disk drive.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the system is a laptop computer.
13. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations to buffer write data, the operations comprising:
sensing the motion of a motion-sensitive storage device;
determining if the motion exceeds a threshold motion;
writing data received from a computer processing device to a buffer if the motion exceeds the threshold motion and to the motion-sensitive storage device if the motion does not exceed the threshold motion, wherein the data is received after sensing the motion; and
modifying a size of the buffer in response to a storage requirement of a software process.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise an operation to write the data from the buffer to the motion-sensitive storage device when the motion does not exceed the threshold motion.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise an operation to poll for the motion data.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise an operation to communicate the motion data.
17. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise an operation to communicate that the motion exceeds the threshold motion.
18. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise an operation to directly communicate between an operating system and a motion-sensitive storage device driver.
19. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise an operation to modify the threshold motion in response to a storage requirement of a software process.
20. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein an accelerometer senses the motion.
21. A method comprising:
sensing the motion of a motion-sensitive storage device;
determining if the motion exceeds a threshold motion; and
writing data received from a computer processing device to a buffer if the motion exceeds the threshold motion and to the motion-sensitive storage device if the motion does not exceed the threshold motion, wherein the data is received after sensing the motion.
22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising writing the data from the buffer to the motion-sensitive storage device when the motion does not exceed the threshold motion.
23. The method of claim 21 , further comprising modifying the threshold motion in response to a storage requirement of a software process.