Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing album management regarding an external storage device for a user are provided. The external storage device is positioned outside of an electronic device and is coupled to the electronic device to be an accessory of the electronic device. The method may include: utilizing a processing circuit of the electronic device to scan all pictures of multiple pictures in at least one internal storage device within the electronic device and analyze respective picture contents of the multiple pictures to perform classification, and establish an index database of each picture of the multiple pictures according to multiple classification tags respectively corresponding to multiple types of classification; and utilizing the processing circuit to control at least two stages of backup, to generate multiple classified albums respectively corresponding to the multiple types of classification within the external storage device.

Abstract: A transmission interface circuit includes a power supply port, a first power path, first data transmission path, second power path and controller. The first power port is coupled to the storage device to provide the storage device with power. The first data transmission path is coupled between the storage device and the electronic device to perform data transmission between the storage device and the electronic device. The second power port is coupled to the electronic device to provide the electronic device with power. The controller respectively control enables or disables the first power path, the second power path and the first data transmission path according to the information transmitted from the electronic device.

Abstract: A transmission interface circuit includes a power supply port, a first power path, first data transmission path, second power path and controller. The first power port is coupled to the storage device to provide the storage device with power. The first data transmission path is coupled between the storage device and the electronic device to perform data transmission between the storage device and the electronic device. The second power port is coupled to the electronic device to provide the electronic device with power. The controller respectively control enables or disables the first power path, the second power path and the first data transmission path according to the information transmitted from the electronic device.

Abstract: When a NAS apparatus is directly connected to a network and an external apparatus simultaneously, the external apparatus is able to access the NAS apparatus, and the NAS apparatus concurrently communicates with the network for executing a specific function. A method of configuring the NAS apparatus includes: allocating a first storage unit in the NAS apparatus; and setting an attribute of the first storage unit such that the first storage unit is allowed to be read by the NAS apparatus or the external apparatus, and written by the NAS apparatus or the external apparatus.

Abstract: An access method of a volatile memory accesses the volatile memory via a block access fashion. The volatile memory includes a plurality of blocks. The method includes: performing a reading operation for a block having at least one known bad cell among the blocks, which includes reading a block data and an error correction code data corresponding to the block and applying the ECC data to correct data read from the at least one known bad cell to generate a corrected block data.

Abstract: A storage apparatus has a first storage unit and a second storage unit. A method for performing storage management upon the storage apparatus includes: storing an input data into the first storage unit; and, while the input data is being stored into the first storage unit, checking whether the input data is continuous, wherein a portion of the input data which is not stored into the first storage unit yet will be stored into the first storage unit if the input data is found to be continuous, and the portion of the input data which is not stored into the first storage unit yet will be stored into the second storage unit if the input data is found to not be continuous.

Abstract: A method for Wear-Leveling includes: utilizing a comparison circuit to compare an average erase count with an erase count of a first data block; and utilizing a first free block as a replacement for storing data content of the first data block so as to make the first data block become a free block when the erase count of the first data block is smaller than the average erase count.

Abstract: The present invention provides a data interleaving method for a storage device and a related storage device. The storage device comprises a plurality of non-volatile memory units, a buffer, and a processing unit. The method comprises: transmitting a plurality of first data required to be written to the plurality of non-volatile memory units to the buffer one by one; and respectively performing a plurality of interleaving operations to transmit the plurality of first data received by the buffer in sequence to the plurality of non-volatile memory units, respectively. The data interleaving method and the related storage device of the present invention only has to use one buffer, and thus the data interleaving method and the related storage device of the present invention can reduce requirement of buffer memory.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a first storage unit and at least a second storage unit. A method for accessing the storage apparatus generates a plurality of bad block lists regarding the plurality of the storage units, respectively, and according to at least one bad block indicated by a bad block list of the first storage unit, configures at least a good block in each second storage unit corresponding to the at least one bad block of the first storage unit as a replacement block of each second storage unit. Accordingly, the method generates a mapping result of each second storage unit according to a bad block list of the second storage unit and each replacement block, and accesses the storage apparatus according to the bad block list of the first storage unit and each mapping result.

Abstract: A data access method used in a multi-channel flash memory system includes: respectively writing a plurality of data into a plurality of buffer areas of a buffer unit through direct memory accessing; and sequentially reading the plurality of data from the plurality of buffer areas, and respectively and synchronously storing the plurality of read data into the plurality of flash memory units, wherein each of the plurality of data is a data block protected by an error correction code (ECC).

Abstract: An intelligent channel allocation method is used for detecting and avoiding a second wireless communication system taking advantage of the characteristic of a first wireless communication system in two different wireless communication system. The first wireless communication system features a narrower bandwidth, while the second wireless communication system has a non-fixed length of a frame for sending/receiving or a broader bandwidth. When these wireless communication system use a same radio frequency (RF) band, the carriers used by them are overlapped. To avoid the mutual interference, the first wireless communication system uses a background scanning mechanism to simultaneously detect the second wireless communication system and a presence range of the second wireless communication system is decided, followed by executing a handover scheme.

Abstract: The invention includes the steps of: (1) during the 0th frame, setting value of an extend flag of zero length paging message through P-channel to be 1 for informing the portable terminal to receive the paging message within the 2nd frame; (2) during the frames of a first-type following the 2nd frame, via a data/voice field, broadcasting the information to the portable terminal.

Abstract: An intelligent channel allocation method is used for detecting and avoiding a second wireless communication system taking advantage of the characteristic of a first wireless communication system in two different wireless communication system. The first wireless communication system features a narrower bandwidth, while the second wireless communication system has a non-fixed length of a frame for sending/receiving or a broader bandwidth. When these wireless communication system use a same radio frequency (RF) band, the carriers used by them are overlapped. To avoid the mutual interference, the first wireless communication system uses a background scanning mechanism to simultaneously detect the second wireless communication system and a presence range of the second wireless communication system is decided, followed by executing a handover scheme.

Abstract: The invention provides a base station for connection of a low-power and a high-power radio telephone network. The high-power radio telephone network comprises a first and a second terminal, while the low-power radio telephone network comprises a third terminal. The first terminal has a first interface for communication with an external device. The base station, which operates for the low-power radio telephone network, has a second interface compatible to the first interface, and communicates with the first terminal of the high-power radio telephone network through the connection of the first and second interface. Therefore, the third terminal of the low-power radio telephone network communicates with the second terminal of the high-power radio telephone network under the operation of the first terminal and the base station.

Abstract: The invention includes the steps of: (1) during the 0th frame, setting value of an extend flag of zero length paging message through P-channel to be 1 for informing the portable terminal to receive the paging message within the 2nd frame; (2) during the frames of a first-type following the 2nd frame, via a data/voice field, broadcasting the information to the portable terminal.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a packet data applied in a digital European cordless telecommunication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of providing a server, providing a plurality of receivers including a voice receiver and a data receiver, providing a plurality of frames for transmitting a continuously lining-up voice signals including a first and a second voice signals and a plurality of packet data, wherein each the frame including a plurality of time slots, searching at least one voice communicating time slot from the plural time slots, saving a buffer voice signal in a registering device, wherein the buffer voice signal is the first voice signal after transmitting, and transmitting the plural packet data by the voice communicating time slot. The communicating time slot transmits plural packet data to a particular receiver and simultaneously plays the buffer voice signal to one of the plural receivers including the communicating time slot.

Abstract: A method for directly communicating handsets is provided. The method includes the following steps of providing a calling handset and a called handset, inputting a first number to the calling handset for obtaining a first identification (ID) code therefor, inputting a second number to the called handset for obtaining a second ID code therefor, transmitting the first ID code from the calling handset to the called handset when the calling handset is to call the called handset, receiving the first ID code by the called handset, identifying whether the first ID code matches with the second ID code, and synchronizing the two handsets for a direct communication.