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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:
Sep. 12, 1995

Filed:

Feb. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jose A Garcia, Mesquite, TX (US);

Lionel C Shih, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignees:

E-Systems, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);

Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 48 ; 360 49 ; 360 721 ; 360 722 ;
Abstract

Separations between the end of one data file and the beginning of the next data file are recognized, without utilizing an entire data storage block by means of a controlling program for a peripheral recording device monitoring the control information headers of helically stored data on a recording tape. When files are stored on the recording tape, the controlling program increments an increase of a file section number by one and increments to zero a data block number at the beginning of a new data file. When the recording device is reading the recording tape and there is detected an incrementation of the file section number and a zero value for a data block number, a recognition is made that this data indicates the end of one data file and the beginning of another data file.


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