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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Wesley A. Kirschner, Farmington, CT (US);
Gary S. Jacobson, Norwalk, CT (US);
John A. Hurd, Torrington, CT (US);
G. Thomas Athens, Derby, FL (US);
Steven J. Pauly, New Milford, CT (US);
Richard C. Day, Jr., Durham, CT (US);
Wesley A. Kirschner, Farmington, CT (US);
Gary S. Jacobson, Norwalk, CT (US);
John A. Hurd, Torrington, CT (US);
G. Thomas Athens, Derby, FL (US);
Steven J. Pauly, New Milford, CT (US);
Richard C. Day, Jr., Durham, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method includes configuring a flash memory device including a first memory sector having a primary memory sector correspondence, a second memory sector having an alternate memory sector correspondence, and a third memory sector having a free memory sector correspondence, copying a portion of the primary memory sector to the free memory sector, erasing the primary memory sector, and changing a correspondence of each of the first memory sector, the second memory sector, and the third memory sector.