WO2012079429A1

WO2012079429A1 - Storage device and configuration method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2012079429A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/081279
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邹浩
Original assignee: 国民技术股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-12-16
Filing date: 2011-10-25
Publication date: 2012-06-21
Also published as: CN102543148A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a storage device and a configuration method thereof. The storage device comprises a main control module, a storage module, a contact-type communication module and a radio frequency communication module. The main control module is used for controlling the contact-type communication module, the radio frequency communication module and the storage module; the storage module is used for storing data; the contact-type communication module is used for exchanging data with a first external storage device through a contact-type interface; the radio frequency communication module is used for exchanging data with a second external storage device through a radio channel. The configuration method of the storage device comprises: receiving the configuration information sent by the first external storage device through the contact-type communication interface, and configuring according to the configuration information. Mobile devices can perform high speed wireless data exchange with external storage devices via the storage device provided in the present invention.

Description

Storage device and its configuration method

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a storage device and a method for configuring the same. Background technique

With the advent of the information age, information exchange has become more and more frequent. At present, flash memory devices using flash memory (Nand Flash) as the storage medium occupy the mainstream of the mobile storage market. A conventional flash memory device generally consists of a non-volatile memory, a flash memory controller, and an interface. The electronic computer passes through the interface to the processor for data exchange, reading, writing, and deleting operations. Currently, USB is common on the market. Interface flash drive, mobile hard disk, SD (Secure Dig i ta l Memory Card) card, CF card (Compact Flash).

Today, with the rapid development of information technology, mobile storage technology and mobile storage products have also developed rapidly. Moreover, with the increasing popularity of smart devices such as personal computers and mobile phones, it is generally desired to be able to conveniently use, carry mobile storage devices and conveniently exchange data between personal computers and mobile phones. However, current mobile storage devices such as flash drives and SD memory cards need to be physically inserted into a computer to be used, which is inconvenient to use. At the same time, current mobile storage devices cannot conveniently exchange data between fixed devices such as personal computers and mobile devices such as mobile phones. Therefore, how to conveniently exchange data between a fixed device such as a personal computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone is one of the technical problems to be solved in the mobile storage technology. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a storage device and a configuration method thereof, which enable a mobile device such as a mobile phone to perform high-speed wireless data exchange between the storage device and an external storage device such as a computer.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a storage device including a main control module, a storage module, a contact communication module, and a radio frequency communication module, wherein:

The main control module is configured to control the contact communication module, the radio frequency communication module, and the storage module;

The storage module is configured to save data;

The contact communication module is configured to perform data exchange with the first external storage device through the contact interface;

The radio frequency communication module is configured to perform data exchange with the second external storage device through the radio frequency channel.

Further, the foregoing storage device may further have the following features: the contact interface is a USB interface, an SD interface, a 匪C interface, or a 7816 interface.

Further, the above storage device may further have the following characteristics: the working frequency of the radio frequency channel is 17 GHz or 60 GHz.

Further, the storage device may have the following features: the shape and size of the storage device are the same as the shape and size of the SIM card, the UIM card, the USIM card, the SD card, the SD card, the MMC card or the CF card.

Further, the above storage device may further have the following features: the shape and the rule of the storage device The size and size of the inch and micro SIM card holder, micro UIM card holder, micro USIM card holder or micro SD card holder are the same.

Further, the above storage device may further have the following features, the first external storage device being a mobile device or a fixed device.

Further, the foregoing storage device may further have the following features, and the second external storage device is a mobile device or a fixed device.

Further, the above storage device may further have the following features, the mobile device is a mobile phone, and the fixed device is a computer.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention also provides a storage device configuration method, which is applied to the foregoing storage device, and receives configuration information sent by the first external storage device through the contact communication interface, and performs configuration according to the configuration information.

Further, the configuration method of the foregoing storage device may further have the following features: the configuration information includes any one or more of access rights information, read and write attribute information, and area setting information.

Further, the configuration method of the foregoing storage device may further have the following feature, the first external storage device being a mobile device or a fixed device.

Further, the configuration method of the foregoing storage device may further have the following features, the mobile device is a mobile phone, and the fixed device is a computer.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention further provides a smart card, comprising a smart card body module and the foregoing storage device, further comprising a parsing module, wherein the parsing module is respectively connected to the smart card body module and the storage device, and is used for The destination of the data received by the SIM card is parsed to transmit the data to the destination.

Further, the smart card may further have the following features, and the parsing module is placed in the storage The device is placed outside or placed in the storage device.

Further, the smart card may also have the following features: the smart card is a SIM card, a UIM card, or a USIM card.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention further provides a memory card, including a memory card body module, further comprising a parsing module and the foregoing storage device, wherein the parsing module is respectively connected to the memory card body module and the storage device And used to parse the destination of the data received by the SIM card to transmit the data to the destination.

Further, the above memory card may further have the following features, and the parsing module is placed outside the storage device or placed in the storage device.

Further, the above memory card may also have the following features, and the memory card is an SD card, a Mrcro SD card, an MMC card or a CF card.

The storage device provided by the present invention can realize high-speed wireless data exchange between the mobile device and the external storage device through the storage device. DRAWINGS

1 is a structural block diagram of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an external view of a storage device in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is another outline view of a storage device in an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a SIM card according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description The principles and features of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are intended to illustrate the invention and not to limit the scope of the invention.

1 is a structural diagram of a storage device in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , in the embodiment, the storage device 10 includes a main control module 101 and a storage module 102, a contact communication module 103 and a radio frequency communication module 104 respectively connected to the main control module 101.

The main control module 101 is used to control the contact communication module 103, the radio frequency communication module 104 and the storage module 102, the storage module 102 is used to store data, and the contact communication module 103 is used for data exchange with the first external storage device through the contact interface. The radio frequency communication module 104 is configured to exchange data with the second external storage device through the radio frequency channel. In general, the first external storage device that exchanges data with the contact communication module 103 through the contact interface is a mobile handheld device (or mobile device) such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant PDA, and the radio frequency communication module 104 passes through the radio frequency channel. The second external storage device that performs data exchange is a fixed device such as a personal computer. Here, the communication protocol used by the contact interface may be a communication protocol such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), SD, 匪C (Mul t iMedia Card), 7816, that is, The contact interface can be a USB interface, an SD interface, an MMC interface, or a 7816 interface. The operating frequency of the radio frequency channel used by the radio frequency communication module 104 can be any radio frequency band. Preferably, the working frequency of the radio frequency channel used by the radio frequency communication module 104 in this embodiment is 17 GHz or 60 GHz, and high-speed data exchange can be realized by using the ultra-high bandwidth of the two frequency bands. And by utilizing the characteristics that the two frequency bands are rapidly attenuated in space, the transmission distance can be effectively controlled within a certain distance range. Here, the operating frequency of the RF channel refers to a frequency segment in which the communication channel operates, for example, 16. 5 ~ 17. 5 GHz, and the operating frequency point refers to the center frequency of the frequency segment, for example, 16. 5 ~ 17 The center frequency (ie, the frequency point) of the 5 GHz band is 17 GHz. The storage device of the present invention is placed on the mobile handheld device, and the storage device can be conveniently configured by using the mobile handheld device. Of course, the storage device can also perform data interaction with the mobile handheld device. Further, the storage device can be an external storage device of the computer by performing data interaction with the fixed device such as the computer device according to the arrangement requirements of the mobile handheld device. With the storage device of the present invention, data interaction between two mobile handsets (e.g., handsets) can also occur, provided that both mobile handsets have the storage device of the present invention.

In order to conveniently insert the storage device into a mobile handheld device such as a mobile phone, the shape of the storage device of the present invention can be made into the shape of a SIM card/UIM card/USIM card/SD card/Mrcro SD card/MMC card/CF card. And let the external dimensions (ie size) of the storage device be the same as the SIM card/UIM card/USIM card/SD card/Mrcro SD card/MMC card/CF card, so that it can be used in mobile handheld devices such as mobile phones. An existing containment structure is used to load the storage device of the present invention. In this case, the contact communication interface used in the contact communication module in the storage device should be designed as an interface corresponding to the SIM card/UIM card/USIM card/SD card/Mrcro SD card/MMC card/CF card. For example, the size of the storage device is the same as the size of the SD card, and the interface for communicating with the SD card in the mobile handheld device such as a mobile phone is an SD interface, and the contact communication module in the storage device should also adopt the SD interface. Contact communication with mobile handsets such as mobile phones. In this article, the Mrcro SD card is a micro SD card.

It should be noted that, in this document, the symbol "/" indicates a relationship, for example, a SIM card / UIM card / USIM card / SD card means a SIM card or a UIM card or a USIM card or an SD card.

2 is an outline view of a storage device in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in the embodiment, the outer shape of the storage device 10 is the same as that of the ordinary SIM card, and the size is also the same as the size of the SIM card. In this way, the storage device 10 can be directly placed into the housing structure of the SIM card in the mobile phone. Contact communication with a mobile phone.

In circuit implementation, each module of the storage device may be a separate chip or a precision circuit integrated on one chip.

Since the current S IM card, UIM card, USIM card, SD card, etc. all have corresponding micro cards, these cards can be placed directly into the corresponding card holders and can be directly placed into the corresponding card accommodation structure of the mobile handheld device such as a mobile phone. in. Generally, the ferrules of these mini cards have a accommodating structure of a micro card, and the ferrules of the corresponding micro cards are the same size as the ordinary cards corresponding to the micro cards. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the size of the storage device can be made the same as that of the micro SIM card holder/micro UIM card holder/mini USIM card holder/micro SD card holder.

3 is another outline view of a storage device in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, in the embodiment, the outer shape of the storage device 20 is the same as that of the ferrule of the micro SIM card 30, and the outer shape is also the same as the outer shape of the ferrule of the micro SIM card 30, and the storage device 20 is The micro SIM card 30 can be loaded into the micro SIM card housing structure 201. Thus, the storage device 20 can also be directly placed in the receiving structure of the ordinary SIM card in the mobile phone to communicate with the mobile phone. Thus, when the storage device 20 is placed in the storage structure of the ordinary SIM card in the mobile phone together with the micro-S IM card 30 loaded in the micro SIM card housing structure 201, the card can realize the function of the storage device 20, The function of the micro SIM card 30 can also be realized. At this time, a second contact communication module that communicates with the micro SIM card 30 needs to be added to the storage device 20 (in order to distinguish the module from the contact communication module 103 in FIG. 1, the following we call the module The second contact type communication module is located between the main control module of the storage device 20 and the micro SIM card 30, and also needs to increase the parsing function of the main control module of the storage device 20 to enable the main control The module can parse whether the information from the mobile phone is sent to the storage device 20 or to the micro SIM card 30, if it is sent to the storage device. For the storage device 20, the main control module transmits the information to the storage module of the storage device 20. If it is sent to the micro SIM card 30, the main control module transmits the information to the micro SIM card 30 through the second contact communication module. Of course, the function of the second contact communication module in this paragraph can be fully incorporated into the contact communication module 103 in FIG.

The same principle applies to the case where the size of the storage device 20 is the same as the size of the ferrule of the micro SIM card 30. The size of the storage device is the same as that of the micro UIM card holder/miniature USIM card holder/micro SD card holder. The situation will not be repeated here.

It should be noted that the computer mentioned in the present specification capable of communicating with the storage device through the radio frequency channel and exchanging data refers to a computer equipped with the radio frequency transmission device.

It can be seen that the storage device provided by the present invention can be conveniently inserted into a mobile handheld device such as a mobile phone to communicate with the mobile handheld device. When the mobile handheld device loaded with the storage device is brought close to an external storage device such as a computer, An external storage device such as a computer communicates through the radio frequency channel, so that the user can conveniently perform high-speed wireless data exchange between the personal storage device such as the personal computer and the mobile phone through the storage device, thereby satisfying the user's fast and convenient data exchange requirement.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, the configuration process of the storage device includes the following steps:

Step 401: The mobile handheld device sends configuration information to the storage device through the contact communication interface. Mobile handheld devices (such as mobile phones) can use the 7816 command communication method with STK (SIM)

The Too l Ki it (User Identification Module Toolbox) menu allows flexible configuration of the storage device. The configuration information may include any one or more of access rights, read and write attributes, and locale settings. The configuration area is used as an example. The configuration information can be used to divide the storage area into several sub-storage areas and configure access rights for each sub-storage area. For example, authentication is required to access or access without authentication.

Step 402: The storage device receives configuration information sent by the mobile handheld device, and performs configuration according to the configuration information.

Step 403: The mobile handheld device with the storage device is in communication with the computer through the radio frequency channel when it is close to an external device, such as a computer, and becomes an external storage device of the computer according to the configuration requirement of the configuration information in step 401.

With the configuration method of the storage device of the present invention, the mobile handset can arbitrarily configure the storage device, including configuration usage rights, read and write attributes, and area settings, to ensure data security in the storage device. The storage device configured by the user through the configuration method of the storage device of the present invention can conveniently perform high-speed wireless data exchange between external storage devices such as a personal computer and a mobile phone, thereby satisfying users' fast and convenient data exchange requirements.

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a SIM card in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, in the embodiment, the SIM card 50 includes a SIM card body module 501, a storage device 502, and a parsing module 503. The parsing module 503 is connected to the S IM card body module 501 and the storage device 502, respectively. The parsing module 503 is configured to resolve the destination of the data received by the SIM card to transfer the data to the destination. The destination here refers to the SIM card body module 501 or the storage device 502. Thus, when the SIM card 50 is placed in the handset, the parsing module 503 can parse whether the information from the handset is sent to the storage device 502 or to the SIM card body module 501 and then sends the information to its destination.

In FIG. 5, the parsing module 503 is placed external to the storage device 502, i.e., separate from the storage device 502. In other embodiments of the present invention, the parsing module 503 can also be placed in the storage device. In 502, it is an integral part of the storage device 502. Specifically, the parsing module 503 can be placed in the main control module in the storage device 502. At this time, the contact communication module in the storage device 502 needs to have the function of data exchange with the first storage device. The function of data exchange with the SIM card, or the contact communication module in the storage device 502 has two communication units, one communication unit for data exchange with the first storage device and the other communication unit for SIM card Data exchange is performed so that when the parsing module 503 parses that the information from the mobile phone is transmitted to the SIM card body module 501, the information is transmitted to the SIM card body module 501 through the contact communication module in the storage device 502.

The mobile phone loaded with the S IM card 50 can perform high-speed wireless data exchange with other external storage devices (such as computers, mobile phones, etc.) having radio frequency data exchange functions by using the storage device 502, thereby satisfying the user's quick and convenient data exchange requirements.

Similarly, the solution principle of the above-mentioned SIM card 50 can also be applied to other smart cards (such as UIM cards, USIM cards, etc.) or memory cards (such as SD cards, MMC cards, Mrcro SD cards, CF cards, etc.), but the difference is only Replace the SIM card body module with the corresponding smart card body module or memory card body module. For example, the SD card may include an SD card body module, a storage device, and a parsing module. The analysis modules are respectively connected to the SD card body module and the storage device. The parsing module is configured to parse the destination of the data received by the SD card to transfer the data to the destination. The destination here refers to the SD card body module or storage device. Similarly, a mobile terminal loaded with these smart cards or memory cards can perform high-speed wireless data exchange with other external storage devices (such as computers, mobile phones, etc.) having radio frequency data exchange functions by using a storage device, thereby satisfying users' quick and convenient data exchange. demand.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., which are included in the spirit and principle of the present invention, should be included in the present invention. Within the scope of protection.

Claims

Claim

A storage device, comprising: a main control module, a storage module, a contact communication module, and a radio frequency communication module, wherein:

The storage module is configured to save data;

The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the contact interface is a USB interface, an SD interface, an MMC interface, or a 7816 interface.

3. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the radio frequency channel operates at a frequency of 17 GHz or 60 GHz.

The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the shape and size of the storage device and the shape of the SIM card, the UIM card, the USIM card, the SD card, the SD card, the MMC card, or the CF card are The same size.

The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the shape and size of the storage device and the shape of the micro SIM card holder, the micro UIM card holder, the micro USIM card holder or the micro SD card holder And the same size.

6. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the first external storage The device is a mobile device or a fixed device.

The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the second external storage device is a mobile device or a fixed device.

The storage device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone, and the fixed device is a computer.

A storage device configuration method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information transmitted by the first external storage device is received through the contact communication interface, and configured according to the configuration information.

The configuration method of the storage device according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information includes any one or more of access authority information, read/write attribute information, and area setting information.

The method of configuring a storage device according to claim 9, wherein the first external storage device is a mobile device or a fixed device.

The method of configuring a storage device according to claim 11, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone, and the fixed device is a computer.

A smart card, comprising: a smart card body module and the storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a parsing module, wherein the parsing module is respectively connected to the smart card body module and the storage device for parsing The destination of the data received by the SIM card to transfer the data to the destination.

The smart card according to claim 13, wherein the parsing module is placed outside the storage device or placed in the storage device.

The smart card according to claim 13, wherein the smart card is a SIM card, UIM card or US IM card.

A memory card, comprising a memory card body module, further comprising: a parsing module and the storage device according to claim 1, wherein the parsing module is respectively connected to the memory card body module and the storage device, A destination for parsing data received by the SIM card to transfer the data to the destination.

The smart card according to claim 16, wherein the parsing module is placed outside the storage device or placed in the storage device.

The smart card according to claim 16, wherein the memory card is an SD card, a Mrcro SD card, an MMC card, or a CF card.