Discardable Files

A storage device for managing content transferred between the storage device and a host, the storage device comprising:

• a non-volatile memory;
• and
• a storage allocator comprising;
• a storage unit for storing in the non-volatile memory a file system associated with the storage device;
• and
• a processor for managing the file system associated with the storage device;
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive one or more requests to store one or more files in the storage device;
• mark the one or more files as discardable or as non-discardable, wherein a discardable file comprises unsolicited content that has not been requested by a user;
• and
• manage files in the storage device based on the marking of one or more files in the associated structure of the file system.

A storage device comprising:

• a storage allocator for managing a file system associated with the storage device, the storage allocator including a processor for managing files in the storage device,
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive one or more requests to store one or more files in the storage device;
• mark each of the one or more files as discardable or as non-discardable, wherein a discardable file comprises unsolicited content that has not been requested by a user;
• and
• manage the files in the storage device based on the marking of one or more files in the structure of the file system.