River Works

The technology is generally related to computer storage and more specifically to portable storage devices. The patent discloses portable storage devices with network functionality (wired or wireless) to interact with a network. The device interfaces with any electronic appliance (e.g., computer, PDA, mobile phone etc.) and manages the access of files between the appliance (through the memory of the device) and a network host. The technology can be implemented as a portable storage device having networking functionality.