Patent ID: 8370850

Claim:
A local storage device (LSD), comprising: a memory array logically arranged to include at least a first portion and at least a second portion, wherein the first and the second portions are independent of each other; and a controller configured to execute a first application that manages first application content in the first portion based upon a first application content management policy and to execute a second application that manages second application content in the second portion based upon a second application content management policy; wherein the controller is configured to execute the first application independently of the second application, and wherein the first application manages the first application content independent of the second application managing the second application content; wherein the LSD is configured to inform, independent of a host device (HD), the second application of the first application content stored in the first portion; wherein the second application uses information provided to the second application by the LSD of the first application content stored in the first portion to deduce the first application content management policy; wherein the second application uses the deduced first application content management policy to update the second application content management policy; and wherein the second application uses the updated second application content management policy to predict an upcoming first application managing operation.