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US 8,296,545 · App. 13/107,513 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Storage capacity status

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Patent No.
US 8,296,545
App. No.
13/107,513
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated therewith and all of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory having collectively a capacity status associated therewith and a display for showing the capacity status even when no power is being applied to the display.

Claims (16)

1. A device, that is removable from and not part of a host, having an electronic display to show a status of memory that is part of the device even when no power is being applied to the electronic display wherein the device is configured to receive a file structure maintained by the host to determine the status.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the status comprises a capacity status.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the capacity status comprises a remaining capacity.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the capacity status comprises a used capacity.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display to show a status comprises a display to show a measure indicative of a storage capacity of the memory.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display to show a status comprises a display to show a number of usable blocks included within the memory.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display to show a status comprises a display to show an approximate number of blocks of the memory that have been programmed.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display to show a status comprises a display to show an approximate number of blocks of the memory that remain to be programmed.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display to show a status comprises a display to show a percentage of programmed blocks of the memory.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display to show a status comprises a display to show a percentage of available blocks of the memory.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the status comprises a health status.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display is on the device.

13. A device, that is removable from and not part of a host, having an electronic display to show storage capacity information of memory that is part of the device even when no power is being applied to the electronic display wherein the device is configured to receive a file structure maintained by the host to determine the storage capacity information.

14. A system, that is removable from and not part of a host, having a display to show a status of memory that is part of the device even when no power is being applied to the display wherein the system is configured to receive a file structure maintained by the host to determine the status.

15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising the host configured to communicate with the memory to provide the status.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the host is configured to calculate the status.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051028/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050937/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 047243/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REPLACE ERRONEOUSLY FILED PATENT #7358718 WITH THE CORRECT PATENT #7358178 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038669 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 043079/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038954/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038669/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 26, 2011
From: LEXAR MEDIA
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 026649/0348 →