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US 2008/0176600 A1Published application
Systems and methods for maintaining data integrity of removable media of an electronic device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsRobert Henderson Wood, Jacek Pawel Nawrot, Michael Andrew Goldsmith
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Abstract
The described embodiments relate generally to methods, systems and devices for maintaining data integrity of a removable media card of a handheld electronic device, particularly when such media card is removed from such device.
Claims20
A method for maintaining data integrity on a removable media card of a handheld electronic device, the device having:
- (a) a media port located within the housing and configured to releasably receive the media card;
- (b) a barrier movable from a closed position to an open position, wherein in the closed position access to the media port is restricted;
- and
- (c) a barrier detector operatively coupled to the barrier and configured
- to detect when the barrier is moved from the closed position, the steps of the method comprising:
- (d) detecting when the barrier is moved from the closed position;
- and
- (e) updating the data stored on the removable media card.
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A handheld electronic device, comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a media port located within the housing and configured to releasably receive a storage media card;
- (c) a barrier movable from a closed position to an open position, wherein in the closed position access to the media port is restricted;
- (d) a barrier detector operatively coupled to the barrier and configured to detect when the barrier is moved from the closed position;
- (e) a processor operatively coupled to the media port and to the barrier detector;
- (f) memory storage accessible to the processor and storing program code executable by the processor for executing a media memory preservation application, wherein the media memory preservation application is configured to cause the processor to update the data stored on the storage media card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.