Patent ID: 8209462
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. A portable data storage device comprising: a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug capable of being directly coupled to a USB socket of a host device without an intervening cable; a non-volatile solid-state memory having a memory space that is at least as much as the memory space of a magnetic disk or an optical disk; and a controller coupled to the non-volatile solid-state memory, the controller configured to control storage of data in the non-volatile solid-state memory, the data including at least user data that is not authorization data, the data being received from the host device via the USB plug, the controller further configured to divide the memory space of the non-volatile solid-state memory into a plurality of zones, wherein at least one of the plurality of zones has a first user-related attribute and at least one other of the plurality of zones has a second user-related attribute different than the first user-related attribute.