Patent ID: 8010752
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage interfacing method for utilizing a plurality of storage devices for a mobile terminal including at least one native storage device and one compatible storage device with a shared interface, the method comprising: detecting an occurrence of an access request event to a particular one of the plurality of storage devices; determining whether the particular access-requested storage device is a currently access-selected storage device; performing, if the particular access-requested storage device is the currently access-selected storage device, a data transfer operation associated with the access request event on the access-selected storage device immediately, without performing an access initializing operation of all of the plurality of storage devices in communication with the shared interface and without performing an access-selection of the particular access-requested storage device; if the particular access-requested storage device is not the currently access-selected device, canceling access-selection of the currently accessed storage device and performing an access initializing operation of all of the plurality of storage devices on a shared bus and subsequently sending an access-selection command to the access-requested storage device to perform an access-selection of the access-requested storage device, and the particular access-requested storage device becomes a new access-selected storage device in a stand-by state and a remainder of the plurality of storage devices remain in an inactive state after initialization.