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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:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Mark A. Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Luke W. Friendshuh, Elko, MN (US);
Stephen R. Cornaby, Yukon, OK (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Luke W. Friendshuh, Elko, MN (US);
Stephen R. Cornaby, Yukon, OK (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data storage device mirrors data on a data storage medium. The multiple instances of data are synchronized in order to optimize performance of the reading and writing, and the integrity of the data. Preferably, a data storage device is allowed to defer writing multiple copies of data until a more advantageous time.