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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Dale Butt, Tucson, AZ (US);

Roy Cideciyan, Ruschlikon, CH;

Simeon Furrer, Altdorf, CH;

Masayuki Iwanaga, Tokyo, JP;

Keisuke Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/18 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1813 (2013.01); G11B 20/1037 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1836 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1843 (2013.01);
Abstract

Mechanisms are provided to receive encoded header information stored on a tape of a tape drive, wherein the encoded header information has been generated by: generating, for a plurality of tracks of the tape of the tape drive, a header information in a plurality of symbols, wherein the plurality of symbols is comprised of a first set of symbols and a second set of symbols, wherein the first set of symbols include identical information across all tracks of the plurality of tracks, and wherein the second set of symbols are configurable to include different information across all tracks of the plurality of tracks; and modifying, for writing to the tape of the tape drive, the first set of symbols of the plurality of tracks to include parity information corresponding to information included in the second set of symbols of the plurality of tracks. The received encoded header information is decoded.


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