US 2021/0081024 A1Published application

System and method capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus

AssigneeInnodisk Corporation

InventorCHIH-CHING WU

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Abstract

The invention provides a system capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus. The system comprises a cloud management platform and an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus comprises a motherboard and a data storage device. The motherboard comprises a standby power circuit. A standby power is supplied to the data storage device via the standby power circuit. The data storage device comprises a data storage unit and a program management unit. The program management unit comprises a microprocessor and a network communication component. Whether the electronic apparatus is in a power-on state or a power-off state, the data storage device can always maintain in a normal operation via the standby power. When the microprocessor of the program management unit receives a specific operation instruction from the cloud control platform, it will execute a corresponding operation program according to the specific operation instruction.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A system capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus, comprising:

a cloud management platform comprising a management interface;
and
an electronic apparatus comprising:
a motherboard comprising a standby power circuit;
and
a data storage device, connected to the standby power circuit, and comprising a data storage unit and a program execution management unit, wherein the data storage unit comprises a plurality of flash memories and a controller connected to the flash memories, the program execution management unit comprises a microprocessor and a network communication component connected to the microprocessor, and is communicated with the cloud management platform via the network communication component, the microprocessor of the program execution management unit is connected to the controller of the data storage unit via a connection line;
wherein a standby power is supplied to the data storage device via the standby power circuit, the data storage device can maintain in a normal operation via the standby power whether the electronic apparatus is in a power-on state or a power-off state;
when the cloud management platform transmits a specific operation instruction to the program execution management unit, the microprocessor of the program execution management unit executes a corresponding operation program according to the specific operation instruction, or transmits the specific operation instruction to the data storage unit via the connection line to request that the controller of the data storage unit executes the corresponding operation program according to the specific operation instruction.

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A method capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus, which is applied to a system capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus, the system comprises a cloud management platform and an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus comprises a motherboard and a data storage device, the motherboard comprises a standby power circuit, the data storage device comprises a data storage unit and a program execution management unit, the data storage unit comprises a plurality of flash memories and a controller, the program execution management unit comprises a microprocessor that is having a network communication function and equipped with an embedded system, the method capable of remotely controlling the electronic apparatus comprising steps of:

supplying a standby power to the data storage device via the standby power circuit when the electronic apparatus is in a power-on state or in a power-off state;
requiring the program execution management unit to be communicated with the cloud management platform;
requiring the program execution management unit to receive a specific operation instruction sent from the cloud management platform;
and
requiring the program execution management unit to execute a specific operation program according to the specific operation instruction, or transmit the specific operation instruction to the controller of the data storage unit to request that the controller of the data storage unit executes the corresponding operation program according to the specific operation instruction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/813,987Filed 10 Mar 2020
Priority: TW 10813347417 Sep 2019
Published: 18 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification26 codes

G06F 1/3243
Power saving characterised by the action undertaken: power saving in microcontroller unit
G06F 1/24
Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00: resetting means
G06F 3/0625
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: power saving in storage systems
G06F 3/0634
Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems: by changing the state or mode of one or more devices

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