Patent ID: 9607664
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11C

Claim:
1. A method of operating a device having a non-volatile memory for storing user data, the device having a first operating mode for user operations, in which a user can access user data stored in the non-volatile memory and the device can perform data management operations, and a second operating mode, wherein the device is powered down as seen by the user and wherein the user cannot access user data stored in the non-volatile memory, the method comprising: prioritizing, while operating in the first mode, a plurality of management operations to perform on data stored in the non-volatile memory, the prioritizing including scheduling one or more of said data management operations to be performed while the device is in the second operating mode; powering down of the device; and subsequently determining and beginning one or more of the scheduled data management operations during the second operating mode.