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`(12) United States Patent
`Tsao
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 9,098,526 B1
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`(54) SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR WIRELESS
`DEVICE ACCESS TO EXTERNAL STORAGE
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`(71) Applicant: sy Tai (Ted) Tsao, Fremont, CA
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`(58) Field of Classification Search
`USPC .......... 709/219, 203,226, 220, 200; 455/412,
`455/899
`See application file for complete search history.
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`(72) Inventor: Sheng Tai Tsao, Fremont, CA (US)
`(73) Assignee: Sheng Tai (Ted) Tsao, Fremont, CA
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`( c ) Notice:
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`Subject tO any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`This patent is Subject to a terminal dis-
`claimer.
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`(21) Appl. No.: 14/150,106
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`(22) Filed:
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`Jan. 8, 2014
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`Related U.S. Application Data
`(63) Continuation of application No. 14/079,831, filed on
`Nov. 14, 2013, which is a continuation of application
`No. 10/726,897, filed on Dec. 4, 2003, now Pat. No.
`8,606,880.
`(51) Int. Cl.
`G06F 15/16
`G06F 7/30
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC ................................ G06F 17/30194 (2013.01)
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`References Cited
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`* cited by examiner
`Primary Examiner — El Hadji Sall
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`ABSTRACT
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`To meet the needs for storing larger Volume personal infor
`mation for user of wireless device, it is desire to provide extra
`storage space to the wireless device such as for cellphone or
`personal assistant device (PDA) etc due to the limited storage
`space that the wireless device has. Instant application dis
`closed a system and method for the wireless device to effi
`ciently and effectively use remotely located storage space
`provided by a server for storing message or multimedia data
`Such as videos, digital music, digital photo/picture.
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`20 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets
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`Wireless devices supports in a simple environment
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`Web server Software
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`Wireless devices supports in a simple environment
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`Wireless devices access external storage through Web browser
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`The CCDSVM Support External Device for Huge Number of Wireless Device
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`SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR WIRELESS
`DEVICE ACCESS TO EXTERNAL STORAGE
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO PRIORAPPLICATION
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`This invention is a continuation application of the U.S.
`patent application Ser. No. 14/079,831 filed on Nov. 14, 2013
`and now a U.S. Pat. No. 8,868,690, which in turn itself is a
`continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No.
`10/726,897 filed on Dec. 4, 2003 and now a U.S. Pat. No.
`8,606,880, which is referenced to a prior application No.
`60/401.238 of “Concurrent Web Based Multi-task Support
`for Control Management System filed on Aug. 6, 2002 and
`converted to application Ser. No. 10/713.904 which now is an
`U.S. Pat. No. 7,418,702. This application also referenced to
`an prior application No. 60/402,626 of “IP Based Distributed
`Virtual SAN' filed on Aug. 12, 2002 and converted to appli
`cation Ser. No. 10/713,905 which now is an U.S. Pat. No.
`7.379,990. All mentioned prior applications are herein incor
`porated by reference in their entirety for all purpose.
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`This invention focuses on how a wireless device can actu
`ally use external storage provided by a storage server.
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`BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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`Terminology:
`The terminologies described in next few sections reflect the
`Scope and are part of present invention.
`The Internal Storage of a System:
`The storage media Such as hard disk drives, memory Sticks,
`memory etc. is connected to a system directly through bus or
`a few inches of cable. Therefore, the storage media actually is
`a component of the system in an enclosure.
`The External Storage of a System:
`The external storage media is not a component of the
`system in a same enclosure. Therefore, they have to be con
`nected through a connecting medium (e.g. a cable) Such as
`Ethernet cable for IP based storage, Fiber channel cable for
`fiber channel storage, or Such as wireless medium and etc.
`The storage media of an external storage could be magnetic
`hard disk drives, Solid state disk, optical storage drives,
`memory card, etc. and could be in any form Such as Raid
`which usually consists of a group of hard disk drives.
`The Storage Partition, its Volumes, and the Corresponding
`File System:
`To effectively use storage system, each storage device usu
`ally needs to be partitioned into small volumes. After the
`partition, each of the volumes can be used to establish a file
`system on it. To simplify the discussion herein, the term of the
`storage Volume, its corresponding file system, and the term of
`the partition of the storage device are often used without
`differentiation.
`CCDSVM:
`It is an abbreviation for a central controlled distributed
`scalable virtual machine system. The CCDSVM allows a
`control management station to control agroup of systems and
`provide distributed services to a client system on the Internet,
`the Intranet, and an LAN environment.
`ISP & ASP:
`The ISP refers to Internet service provider and the ASP
`refers to application service provider.
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`FIGURES
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`FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the instant application,
`the FIG. 1 is the same as FIG. 1 of the prior application of the
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`“Concurrent Web Based Multi-task Support for Control Man
`agement System’ with an exception of replacing a console
`host with a wireless device.
`FIG. 2 is the same as FIG. 1 of the above except that it
`shows a more detailed storage system controlled by a server.
`In addition, multiple wireless devices are presented for access
`to the storage system.
`FIG. 3 shows a scheme of a wireless device downloading
`contents from an ISP/ASP or other web sites to an external
`storage allocated for the wireless device.
`FIG. 4 is similar to the FIG. 1 of the prior application of the
`“IP Based Distributed Virtual SAN” with exception that each
`IP storage server provides file system as external storage for
`each of the wireless devices instead of providing IP based
`virtual SAN service. Also, each host in said FIG. 1 actually is
`replaced by a wireless device of FIG. 4.
`Unless specified, the programming languages and the pro
`tocols used by each software modules of instant application,
`and the computing systems used in this invention areassumed
`to be the same as described in the mentioned prior patent
`applications.
`In addition, in the drawing, like elements are designated by
`like reference numbers. Further, when a list of identical ele
`ments is present, only one element will be given the reference
`number.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`Today users commonly face a problem of lack of storage
`capacity configured on their wireless devices such as cell
`phone or PDA, which are usually limited to 256 MB for the
`PDA and much less for the cell phone. To effectively solve
`this problem and let users own multiple gigabytes (GB) of
`storage for their wireless devices as well as allowing the users
`to use the GB storage for their multimedia applications, the
`storage of a server can be used as the external storage for the
`wireless devices. This technology has been briefly introduced
`in the prior patent applications.
`Now let us examine how can the external storage actually
`be used by the wireless devices. First, let each server unit (e.g.
`the server 3 of the FIG. 2) partitions its storage system into
`volume and each of the volumes will have multiple GB in
`size. Therefore, each user of the wireless devices can be
`exclusively assigned for access to a specific storage Volume
`on a server unit. For example, if we need to provide each user
`a 4GB storage space, then a 160GB disk drive can support 40
`users. Therefore, a 4096 GB storage system on the server unit
`can Support a total of 1024 the users. Further, any data on a
`wireless device of a user can be transmitted to an assigned
`storage volume. In addition, the user of the wireless device
`also can download multimedia data from an ISP or ASP to the
`assigned storage Volume in a designated server unit through
`out-band approach shown in FIG. 3. Finally, for one embodi
`ment, the user can use a web-browser, which has a function
`ality of invoking embedded video or music, to enjoy his/her
`stored multimedia contents.
`These and other futures, aspects and advantages of the
`present invention will become understood with reference to
`the following description, appended claims, and accompany
`ing figures.
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`Referring now to FIG. 1, which demonstrates an example
`of an infrastructure comprising a network interconnecting a
`wireless device and a server. In the FIG. 1, Net (2) represents
`a communication link, which may be combined with wireless
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`nication packets can be sent/received between the wireless
`device and the server. It is also assumed that the net (2)
`representing a communication infrastructure is built up in
`Such way that a user of a wireless device can access and
`browse any web-site on the Internet, the Intranet.
`In the FIG. 1, the console support software (5) on the server
`(3) can be configured to support web-based multi-tasks for a
`user of the wireless device (1) using a web browser 8. Further,
`the user of the wireless device is facilitated to perform creat
`ing structured layered file directories or folders, and perform
`data management operations, such as delete, move, copy,
`rename for data files or folders/directories and etc. on an
`assigned storage Volume configured in the server (3).
`In addition, the other software modules (9) of the wireless
`device (1) is also configured capable to send data to or receive
`data from the other service modules (7) running on the server
`(3) via communication link (2) through a suitable IP or non-IP
`based protocol. The data being sent or received cold be a
`digital photo picture, a message etc., in respect to a user's
`request.
`Also, the console supporting software (5) of the server (3)
`and the other software modules (9) of the wireless device (1)
`can be implemented with any Suitable languages such as C.
`C++, Java, etc. depending on the implementation.
`Besides, the web-browser (8) of the wireless device (1) can
`be any suitable software, which, is capable to communication
`with web server software (4) on the server (3) or with any
`other web server through the HTTP protocol.
`On the other hand, FIG.2 has demonstrated that the storage
`system (10) of a server 3 can be allocated to multiple wireless
`devices as followings: First, the storage system (10) of the
`server (3) can be partitioned into multiple storage Volumes
`(11) by administration staff through a web-console (13) of a
`console host (12).
`Second, the storage system (10) of the server (3) can be
`partitioned in such way that a user of each of the wireless
`devices can be assigned with a storage Volume having a
`desired size, so that the server 3 can Support maximum num
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`bers of the wireless devices.
`In addition, the storage connection media could be any
`kind of cables, such as SCSI cable, IP cable, Fiber cable etc.
`or could be wireless communication media. The storage sys
`tem itself could be various types.
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`the wireless devices through IP or non-IP based network and
`protocols.
`FIG.3 has demonstrated that a user from a web-browser (8)
`on a wireless device (1) can download data from a known
`web-site (15) to his/her assigned external storage (10) on the
`server (3). The dash-lined path (a) represents a communica
`tion channel between the wireless device (1) and a remote
`download web-site (15) that provides downloading contents.
`The dash-lined path (b) represents a communication channel
`between the wireless devices (1) and the storage server (3).
`The dash-lined path (c) represents a communication channel
`between the server 3 and the remote web-server (15).
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`The Use of the External Storage by the Wireless Device:
`The FIG. 2 shows a simplified diagram of the wireless
`devices (1) using the external storage system (10) of the
`server (3) for effectively resolving the storage limitation
`problem for the wireless devices (1).
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`Partition Storage Volumes (FIG. 2)
`With this invention, the entire storage (10) on the server (3)
`needs to be partitioned into suitable size of volumes (11) such
`as 4 GB for each volume. This will allow the server 3 to serve
`maximum number of the wireless devices (1). With the web
`console support software (5) of the server (3), tasks of parti
`tioning the storage system (10) can be done through a web
`console (13) on a console host (12) by an administrative staff.
`In order to Support storage partition, first the console Sup
`port software (5) of the server (3) must send storage informa
`tion of the server (3) to the web-console (13) of the console
`host (12). The storage information includes each storage
`device's name and total size etc. Second, based on the
`received storage information the administration staff on the
`console host (12), for example, can use a web-console (13) to
`partition each storage device and send the storage partition
`information to the console support software (5) of the server
`(3). The storage partition information includes the number of
`the partitions (volumes) and the size of each partition (Vol
`ume). Third, upon receiving the storage partition information
`from the web-console (13) of the console host (12), the con
`sole support software (5) of the server (3) performs the actual
`storage partition by dividing the entire storage into multiple
`Small Volumes. Finally, for each Small storage Volume, a
`corresponding file system could be built up.
`Assign Storage Volumes (FIG. 2)
`Each of the storage volumes (11) together with its corre
`sponding file system on the storage system (10) of the server
`(3) needs to be exclusively assigned to a user of a specific
`wireless device (1) by the console support software (5) of the
`server (3).
`Data and Storage Volume Management (FIG. 2)
`With the support of the console support software modules
`(5) of the server (3), the user of the wireless device (1) can
`utilize the web-browser 8 illustrated in FIG. 2 to setup folder/
`directory structure on the file system of his/her assigned
`external storage volume (11). In addition, the user of the
`wireless device (1) can use the web-browser 8 performing all
`data management operations such as delete, copy, move,
`rename data object etc. on the file system.
`In order to Support such data management on the external
`storage (10) assigned to the user of the wireless device (1) by
`using the web-browser 8, first the console support software
`modules (5) of the server (3) must communicate with the
`web-browser (8) of the wireless device (1). Therefore, the
`user from the web-browser (8) of the wireless device (1) can
`choose desired data management operations and send infor
`mation of an operation to the console Support Software mod
`ules (5) of the server (3). The mentioned operation include
`establishing folder/directory, copying, moving, or reaming
`data file etc. Second, upon receiving the data management
`operation, the console support software modules (5) of the
`server (3) actually performs these requested operation on the
`assigned file system of an assigned external storage Volume
`(11) on the server (3).
`Store Data from Wireless Device into External Storage
`(FIG. 2)
`To store the data Such as digital photo pictures or messages
`into the file system on the assigned storage Volume (11) in the
`server (3), the other software modules (9) of the wireless
`device (1) need to send these data to the other service modules
`(7) of the server (3) via communication link between them.
`Upon receiving the data, the other service modules (7) of the
`server (3) write these data to the file system of the assigned
`storage volume (11) for the wireless device 1. The protocol
`used between these two communication entities could be
`either IP or non-IP based protocol.
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`cated Storage Volume:
`Now, referring to FIG.3, Ifa user of the wireless device (1)
`wants to download a data from a remote web server (15) into
`the file system on the assigned storage Volume (11) in the
`external storage system (10) on the server (3), the following
`steps are required:
`1) The user of the wireless device (1) via a web-browser (8)
`access to a remote web server site (15) to obtain information
`of the data for the downloading via path (a) of FIG. 3. For
`example, the user access to a web-page which contains the
`data name for the downloading.
`2) The other software modules (9) of the wireless device (1)
`obtain the downloading information for the data, which
`becomes available in the cached web-pages on the wireless
`device (1) after the web-browser (8) access to the web site
`(15).
`3) The other software modules (9) of the wireless device (1)
`send the obtained downloading information to other service
`modules (7) of the storage server (3) via path (b) of FIG. 3.
`4) Upon receiving the downloading information from the
`wireless device (1), the other service module (7) of the storage
`server (3) sends a web download request to the web-site (15)
`via path (c) of FIG. 3 based on download information
`obtained. and receives the downloading data streams from the
`web server of the web-site (15).
`5) Upon receiving downloaded data streams, the other
`service modules (7) of the storage server (3) write the data
`streams into the file system of the assigned storage Volume
`(11) in the server (3) for the wireless device (1).
`Retrieve Data from Assigned Storage Volume for the User
`of the Wireless Device
`1) If a web-browser (8) on a wireless device 1 has embed
`ded video or music functionality, a user of the wireless device
`(1) can use the browser to retrieve and play multimedia data
`file Such as video or music stored in the assigned storage
`volume (11) located on the server (3).
`2) In another embodiment, in respect to the user's needs,
`the other software module (9) of the wireless device (1) also
`can retrieve data file from the file system of the assigned
`storage Volume (11) on the server (3).
`Support External Storage for a Large Number of the Wire
`less Devices
`If there is a need to provide each user a 2 GB of storage
`space, then a 160 GB disk drive can support 80 users. A 4096
`GB (4 Tera Bytes) storage system on the server unit can
`support 2024 user. Each of the server units only can efficiently
`Support a limited size of the storage system. In order to
`Support a large number of the wireless devices, such as for
`500,000 wireless devices, a larger number of the servers is
`required, in this case 250 servers is required. In order to let a
`larger number of the servers to effectively support the larger
`number of the wireless devices, an infrastructure like
`CCDSVM is desirable, which has been described in prior
`patent applications. With the CCDSVM the control manage
`ment station can control larger number of storage servers to
`provide external storage for a huge number of the wireless
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`1. A wireless device comprising:
`at least one cache storage, one wireless interface, and pro
`gram code configured to cause the wireless device to:
`establish a wireless link for the wireless device access to
`a storage space of a predefined capacity assigned
`exclusively to a user of the wireless device by a stor
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`carry out a requested operation for remote access to
`the assigned storage space in response to the user
`from the wireless device performed the operation,
`wherein the operation for the remote access to the
`assigned storage space comprises storing a data object
`therein or retrieving a data object therefrom, the stor
`ing of a data object including to download a file from
`a remote server across a network into the assigned
`storage space through utilizing download information
`for the file stored in said cache storage in response to
`the user from the wireless device performed the
`operation for downloading the file from the remote
`server into the assigned storage space.
`2. The wireless device as recited in claim 1, wherein the
`data object, being Stored into or retrieved from the assigned
`storage space, comprises a message or multimedia data of
`Video, digital music, or digital picture.
`3. The wireless device as recited in claim 1, wherein the
`storage server controls a plurality of storage devices, one of
`the storage devices being configured with the storage space
`assigned exclusively to the user.
`4. The wireless device as recited in claim 1, wherein said
`downloading a file from a remote server further comprises:
`obtaining downloading information for the file;
`transmitting the downloading information cached in the
`wireless device to the storage server; and
`causing the storage server in accordance with the down
`loading information to download the file into the
`assigned storage space.
`5. The wireless device as recited in claim 1, wherein the
`wireless device further is one of a cellphone or a personal data
`assistant and management device (“PDA).
`6. The wireless device as recited in claim 1, wherein said
`operation for remotely access to the assigned storage space
`further comprises:
`from the wireless device creating a folder structure in the
`assigned storage space.
`7. The wireless device as recited in claim 1, wherein said
`operation for remotely access to the assigned storage space
`further comprises:
`from the wireless device deleting or moving or copying or
`renaming a folder in the assigned storage space.
`8. The wireless device as recited in claim 6, wherein said
`operation for remotely access to the assigned storage space
`further comprises:
`from the wireless device deleting or moving or copying or
`renaming a file in the assigned storage space.
`9. The wireless device as recited in claim 1, wherein wire
`less device further executes a web browser for the user access
`to the assigned storage space, access to Internet.
`10. The wireless device as recited in claim 6, wherein said
`operation for remote access the assigned storage space further
`comprises:
`from the wireless device creating a folder in the assigned
`Storage Space.
`11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium compris
`ing program code that, being executed by a wireless device,
`causes the wireless device to:
`establish a wireless link for the wireless device access to a
`storage space of predefined capacity assigned exclu
`sively by a storage server to a user of the wireless device:
`couple with the storage server through the wireless link to
`carry out a requested operation for remote access to the
`assigned storage space in response to the user from the
`wireless device performed the operation,
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`wherein the operation for the remote access to the assigned
`storage space comprises storing a data object therein or
`retrieving a data object therefrom, the storing of the data
`object including to download a file from a remote server
`on a network into the assigned storage space through
`utilizing download information for the file stored in a
`cache storage of the wireless device in response to the
`user from the wireless device performed the operation
`for downloading the file from the remote server into the
`assigned storage space.
`12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 11, wherein the program code causes the
`wireless device, in response to said downloading of a file,
`obtaining downloading information for the file, transmitting
`the downloading information cached in the wireless device to
`the storage server, and causing the storage server in accor
`dance with the downloading information to download the file
`into the assigned storage space.
`13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 11, wherein the program further causes the
`wireless device coupling with the storage server to carry out
`an operation for remotely deleting, moving, copying, or
`renaming a folder in the assigned storage space.
`14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 11, wherein the program code further causes
`the wireless device coupling with the storage server to carry
`out an operation for remotely creating a folder structure in the
`assigned storage space.
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`15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 14, wherein the program code further causes
`the wireless device coupling with the storage server to carry
`out an operation for remotely creating a folder in the assigned
`Storage Space.
`16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 11, wherein said data object being stored in or
`retrieved from the assigned storage space is one of a message
`or multimedia data of video, digital music or digital picture.
`17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 13, wherein the program code further causes
`the wireless device coupling with the storage server to carry
`out an operation for remotely deleting, moving, copying, or
`renaming a file in the assigned storage space.
`18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 11, wherein the program code further causes
`the wireless device executing a web browser through which
`the user access to the assigned storage space, and access to
`Internet.
`19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 11, wherein the wireless device further is one
`of a cell phone or a personal data assistant and management
`device (“PDA).
`20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as
`recited in claim 11, wherein the storage server controls a
`plurality of storage devices, one of the storage devices con
`figured with the storage space assigned exclusively to the
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`( 12 ) United States Patent
`Tsao
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`( * ) Notice :
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`( 54 ) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS
`DEVICE ACCESS TO EXTERNAL STORAGE
`( 71 ) Applicant : Sheng Tai ( Ted ) Tsao , Fremont , CA
`( US )
`( 72 ) Inventor : Sheng Tai ( Ted ) Tsao , Fremont , CA
`( US )
`( 73 ) Assignee : Sheng Tai ( Ted ) Tsao , Fremont , CA
`( US )
`Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U . S . C . 154 ( b ) by 0 days .
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis
`claimer .
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`( 21 ) Appl . No . : 14 / 977 , 509
`( 22 ) Filed :
`Dec . 21 , 2015
`Related U . S . Application Data
`( 63 ) Continuation of application No . 14 / 036 , 744 , filed on
`Sep . 25 , 2013 , now Pat . No . 9 , 239 , 686