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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A. Fechser, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Venitha L. Manter, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring a sector map in an optical storage device. Format identification information is used to generate a sector format word. The sector format word is stored in a sector map in buffer memory. Upon receiving a data retrieval request from a host, the sector format word is decoded, and the data field size is adjusted to conform with the format information contained in the decoded sector format word.