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US 2004/0003415 A1Published application
Removable memory information management
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorSheau-Bao Ng
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Abstract
A method and structure manage a database. A first device that includes data is coupled to a second device that includes metadata relating to the data. The second device is removed from the first device and the metadata is modified. The second device is again coupled to the first device and the modified metadata on the second device modifies the data on the first device.
Claims37
An electrical structure comprising:
- a first device comprising data, wherein the first device is coupled to a second device, wherein the second device comprises metadata relating to the data in the first device, and wherein the second device is adapted to be removed from the first device.
An electrical structure comprising:
- a second device, wherein the second device is coupled to a first device, wherein the first device comprises data, wherein the second device comprises metadata relating to the data in the first device, wherein the first device does not comprise the metadata, and wherein the second device is adapted to be removed from the first device.
A method to manage a database, comprising:
- providing a first device coupled to a second device, wherein the first device includes data and metadata relating to the data, wherein the second device includes the metadata, and wherein the second device is adapted to be coupled to a third device;
- removing the second device from the first device and coupling the second device to a third device that is not coupled to the first device;
- using the third device to modify the metadata on the second device;
- removing the second device from the third device and coupling the second device to the first device;
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- updating the metadata on the first device with the modified metadata in the second device.
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A method to manage a database, comprising:
- providing a first device having data, wherein the first device is coupled to a second device, wherein the second device comprises metadata relating to the data in the first device, wherein the first device does not comprise the metadata, and wherein the second device is adapted to be coupled to a third device;
- removing the second device from the first device and coupling the second device to a third device that is not coupled to the first device;
- using the third device to modify the metadata on the second device;
- removing the second device from the third device and coupling the second device to the first device.
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A method to manage a database, comprising:
- providing a first device coupled to a second device, wherein the first device includes data and metadata relating to the data, wherein the second device includes the metadata, and wherein the second device comprises a memory device, a central processing unit (CPU), an instruction set, an input device, and an output device;
- removing the second device from the first device;
- modifying the metadata on the second device;
- coupling the second device to the first device;
- updating the metadata on the first device with the modified metadata on the second device.
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A method to manage a database, comprising:
- providing a first device coupled to a second device, wherein the first device includes data and metadata relating to the data, wherein the second device includes the metadata, and wherein the second device comprises a memory device, a central processing unit (CPU), an instruction set, an input device, and an output device;
- removing the second device from the first device;
- modifying the metadata on the second device;
- updating the metadata on the first device with the modified metadata on the second device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.