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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daria Rose Dooling, Jericho, VT (US);
Lenore Marie Mullin, Loudonville, NY (US);
David Erin Moran, South Burlington, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707102 ; 707104 ; 36472502 ; 36475402 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing and accessing a patterned array of data for a storage device, includes inputting the array, an upper bandwidth and a lower bandwidth, defining a band within the array based on the upper bandwidth and the lower bandwidth, areas of the array outside the band contain zero value data elements. The upper bandwidth, the lower bandwidth and data within the band are stored in the storage device, and the array is reproduced based on the upper bandwidth the lower bandwidth and the data within the band.