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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. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Applicants:
Victor W. Tung, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Stephen Lawrence Scaringella, Holliston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Victor W. Tung, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Stephen Lawrence Scaringella, Holliston, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C029/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for maintaining the integrity of data in a storage system. The method includes receiving a plurality of blocks of data having a predetermined multiple-block error detecting code; reading each block of the blocks of data; generating, for each block of data, an information-containing portion including an individual error detecting code for the block of data; and storing each block of data and each corresponding information-containing portion.