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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lionel C Shih, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395410 ; 360 722 ; 369 84 ;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing system which has the capability of recording user data and system format data in physical blocks of predetermined size on a recording area of a tape, with the user data being identified by files and contained in data blocks having a predetermined size. Partial overrecording of data blocks can be performed in that physical blocks are retained which have valid data blocks, and new physical blocks are then recorded beginning with a rewritten data block.