Lenovo Assigned Patent

Lenovo, Co., Ltd., Beijing, China, has been assigned a patent (9,128,891) developed by Zhang, Fuliang, Shan, Wenying, Sun, Chunhui, and Yang, Jinmei, Beijing, China, for a “method, mobile terminal and computer program product for sharing storage device.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The invention discloses a method of sharing a storage device and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a first processor, a second processor and a readable and writable nonvolatile storage device. A processing capacity of the first processor is different from that of the second processor. A state in which the first processor is operating and using the storage device is a second state. A state in which the second processor is operating and using the storage device is a third state. The method comprising: the first processor receiving a switch instruction, the first processor controlling the storage device to enter the second state or the third state according to the switch instruction. As compared with the prior art, by controlling the sharing of the storage device by the first processor, the invention reduces the elements in the mobile terminal and saves the hardware cost of the mobile terminal, moreover, the physical connection between the components in the mobile terminal is simple and easily controlled.“

The patent application was filed on March 10, 2010 (13/260,463).