Abstract: A method includes receiving a request from a host device to authenticate a device. The method further includes transmitting authenticating data to the host device. Responsive to successful authentication of the device, configuration interface and communication interface of the device is exposed to the host device. The method further includes processing commands from the host device after the device is successfully authenticated. Responsive to the processed commands, payload data is sent or received to or from the host device according to the communication interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that capture video in mobile applications and automatically archive the captured videos using short-range communications with a network storage device. In various embodiments, the archival is triggered by proximity to the wireless network device. In various embodiments, other triggers, such as those provided by location-based services are used to initiate archival via a wireless protocol.

Abstract: Systems and methods for 2-way dual authentication are described. In one embodiment, the method may include detecting, by a controller of a storage drive, a connector of the storage drive connected to a connector of a computing device; sending, by the controller, information to the computing device based at least in part on the detecting; receiving, by the controller, an acknowledgment from the computing device indicating the information is successfully authenticated; performing, by the controller, a credential verification process based at least in part on receiving the acknowledgment; and allowing, by the controller, the computing device to mount a storage medium of the storage drive on an operating system of the computing device after successful verification of credentials in the credential verification process.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a request from a host device to authenticate a device. The method further includes transmitting authenticating data to the host device. Responsive to successful authentication of the device, configuration interface and communication interface of the device is exposed to the host device. The method further includes processing commands from the host device after the device is successfully authenticated. Responsive to the processed commands, payload data is sent or received to or from the host device according to the communication interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that capture video in mobile applications and automatically archive the captured videos using short-range communications with a network storage device. In various embodiments, the archival is triggered by proximity to the wireless network device. In various embodiments, other triggers, such as those provided by location-based services are used to initiate archival via a wireless protocol.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for communicating over a wireless network. In accordance with some embodiments, an access point (AP) device is provided that is capable of transitioning from a low power standby mode to an operational mode responsive to receipt of a wireless communication signal from a client device coupled to the AP device.

Abstract: A playback device includes tangible storage configured to receive transfer of media content from a remote communications device to the playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Interface logic is coupled to the tangible storage and configured to signal the remote communications device during the transfer to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete. The remote communications device includes a content manager configured to transfer of media content from the remote communications device to a playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Power logic is coupled to the content manager and configured to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete, responsive to receipt of a signal from the playback device during the transfer is complete.

Abstract: A storage system provides a content manager configured to initiate transfer of media content from a first device to a second device. Responsive to a transfer request from the second device and during the transfer, gateway logic coupled to the content manager disables a gateway executing on the first device, responsive to the transfer request from the second device. Power logic coupled to the content manager enters a low power mode in the first device, responsive to completion of the transfer of the media content from the first device to the second device.

Abstract: A playback device includes tangible storage configured to receive transfer of media content from a remote communications device to the playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Interface logic is coupled to the tangible storage and configured to signal the remote communications device during the transfer to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete. The remote communications device includes a content manager configured to transfer of media content from the remote communications device to a playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Power logic is coupled to the content manager and configured to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete, responsive to receipt of a signal from the playback device during the transfer is complete.

Abstract: A playback device includes tangible storage configured to receive transfer of media content from a remote communications device to the playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Interface logic is coupled to the tangible storage and configured to signal the remote communications device during the transfer to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete. The remote communications device includes a content manager configured to transfer of media content from the remote communications device to a playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Power logic is coupled to the content manager and configured to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete, responsive to receipt of a signal from the playback device during the transfer is complete.

Abstract: A storage system provides a content manager configured to initiate transfer of media content from a first device to a second device. Responsive to a transfer request from the second device and during the transfer, gateway logic coupled to the content manager disables a gateway executing on the first device, responsive to the transfer request from the second device. Power logic coupled to the content manager enters a low power mode in the first device, responsive to completion of the transfer of the media content from the first device to the second device.

Abstract: A playback device includes tangible storage configured to receive transfer of media content from a remote communications device to the playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Interface logic is coupled to the tangible storage and configured to signal the remote communications device during the transfer to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete. The remote communications device includes a content manager configured to transfer of media content from the remote communications device to a playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode. Power logic is coupled to the content manager and configured to prepare the remote communications device to enter a low power mode after the transfer is complete, responsive to receipt of a signal from the playback device during the transfer is complete.

Abstract: An application running on a portable device detects a firmware update for a peripheral device. The firmware update is available via an external network. The firmware update is downloaded to the portable device from the external network via the application, and the firmware update is uploaded to the peripheral device from the application via a proximity network. The firmware update is uploaded via an application program interface of the peripheral device that facilitates applying the update in response to the uploading of the firmware.

Abstract: An application running on a portable device detects a firmware update for a peripheral device. The firmware update is available via an external network. The firmware update is downloaded to the portable device from the external network via the application, and the firmware update is uploaded to the peripheral device from the application via a proximity network.

Abstract: A wireless network interface of an apparatus is configured to operate in an infrastructure client mode if at least one predetermined wireless access point is detected via the wireless network interface. Otherwise, the wireless network interface is configured to operate in an infrastructure access point mode. A network service of the apparatus is provided via the configured wireless network interface.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for communicating over a wireless network. In accordance with some embodiments, an access point (AP) device is provided that is capable of transitioning from a low power standby mode to an operational mode responsive to receipt of a wireless communication signal from a client device coupled to the AP device.

Abstract: A system and method for caching and managing data streams from a storage media is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of virtual buffers for a plurality of data streams. Each data stream correlates to a virtual buffer. The system also includes a cache memory to store the plurality of virtual buffers. The system also includes a stream manager to assign the plurality of data streams to the plurality of virtual buffers.

Abstract: A system for the detection and support of data streams is disclosed. The system determines whether new commands comprise a data stream. If a new data stream is detected, the system next determines whether adequate resources are available to launch the new data stream. If the system determines that the data stream can be launched, system resources, particularly cache memory space, are assigned to the data stream to provide the data stream with the necessary amount of data throughput needed to support the data stream efficiently. The data stream's throughput is the amount of data that the stream requires per unit time. The system monitors all supported data streams to determine when a particular data stream has terminated, at which time resources dedicated to the data stream are released and become available to support other data streams. The cache for each supported data stream is maintained at as full a level as possible, with the cache for the “least full” data stream given priority for refresh.