Patent ID: 7814304
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a dual-mode device, the method comprising: operating a device in a first operating mode adapted for processing data, wherein in the first operating mode a first processor executes a driver for a nonvolatile memory and a second processor performs decoding of data stored in files on the nonvolatile memory, the decoding operation comprises one of an audio decoder, an image decoder, or a file compression decoder; receiving an instruction to switch the device to a second operating mode adapted for at least one of reading or writing files on the nonvolatile memory; switching the driver for the nonvolatile memory from the first processor to the second processor in response to the instruction to switch the device to the second operating mode; executing the driver for the nonvolatile memory on the second processor after switching the driver for the nonvolatile memory from the first processor to the second processor; and executing a communications driver on the first processor in response to the instruction to switch the device to the second operating mode.