Patent ID: 8332585
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable flash memory storage device comprising: at least one flash memory module built-in said device; a USB or IEEE 1394 connector; a microprocessor for processing commands to directly access data or information in the said flash memory module without communication protocol conversions; and a circuit connected with said USB or IEEE 1394 connector and said flash memory module, through which a DC power supply is provided from said host computer through said USB or IEEE 1394 connector to said flash memory module and said microprocessor upon connecting said portable flash memory storage device with said host computer, wherein said portable flash memory storage device only acquires DC power from the host computer through said USB or IEEE 1394 connector; and wherein said microprocessor coordinates with a driver for the portable flash memory device in the host computer to assign and display a device symbol for said portable flash memory device upon connecting said USB or IEEE 1394 connector to the host computer.