Patent ID: 7174440
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for processing contents associated with blocks of a non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory being associated with a memory system, the method comprising: mapping a first logical block to a first physical block, the first logical block including a plurality of logical groups, each logical group including a plurality of logical pages, and the first physical group including a plurality of physical groups, each physical group including a plurality of physical pages; writing a first set of contents associated with a first logical group of the first logical block to a first physical group of the first physical block; writing a second set of contents, associated with logical pages of the first logical group, into a memory area; writing the first set of contents from the first physical group of the first physical block and the second set of contents from the memory area into a first physical group of a second physical block, the second physical block including a plurality of physical groups, each physical group including a plurality of physical pages; and mapping the second physical block to the first logical block.