Michael A Sabo

US Patent:

8327410, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Dec 15, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/335126

Inventors:

David B. Andersen - Hillsboro OR, US
Michael Sabo - Escondido CA, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H04N 7/173
H04N 7/16

US Classification:

725110, 725139, 725140, 725141, 725142

Abstract:

Embodiments of a network-enabled mass storage dongle with networked media content aggregation are discussed. Embodiments provide for a dongle in a consumption mode is inserted into one or more source devices, where the one or more source devices are part of a network and store content to be aggregated for accessing on equipment. In embodiments the equipment has no intrinsic networking capabilities. The dongle allows a user to select one or more directory structures on each of the one or more source devices to be included in the aggregated content. The dongle then creates a file share for each of the selected directory structures. The dongle in an aggregation mode is inserted into the equipment and automatically connects to the network. The dongle aggregates content in the created file shares to present the aggregated content as a single mass storage device to the equipment. Other embodiments are described and claimed.