Patent ID: 7664796
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computing environment, a method of identifying content stored on a storage device, wherein the storage device is configured to be selectively decoupled from a storage module and the storage module is configured to be selectively decoupled from a host computing system, the method comprising: registering to detect future file-system events at the host computing system, wherein the registering to detect future file-system events includes registering to detect future file-system events that involve a specific type of storage device, and wherein registering further includes at least one filtering criteria corresponding to a file property for the specified type of storage device; maintaining information related to the content of the storage device in a memory on the storage module, wherein the storage module couples to the storage device and the host computing system, the storage module further being selectively decouplable from the storage device and the host computing system; after registration to detect future file-system events, detecting a registered event occurring and which corresponds to one or more of the future file-system events including the at least one filtering criteria; upon the detection of the registered event matching the at least one filtering criteria, updating the information related to the content of the storage device stored in the memory on the storage module; and after updating the information, outputting data corresponding to the information related to the content of the storage device on a display on the storage module, including when the content of the storage device is unavailable, wherein said unavailability is defined by at least one of the following: (a) when the storage device is offline, or (b) when the storage device is in a low power state, and wherein outputting data corresponding to the information comprises: