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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Jonathan Williams Haines, Boulder, CO (US);

Brett Alan Cook, Westminster, CO (US);

Luke William Friendshuh, Elko, MN (US);

Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Williams Haines, Boulder, CO (US);

Brett Alan Cook, Westminster, CO (US);

Luke William Friendshuh, Elko, MN (US);

Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a data storage system. In one example, the data storage system includes a data storage media component having a plurality of data storage locations. A first set of the plurality of data storage locations are allocated for a main data storage area. The data storage system also includes a controller configured to define a write cache for the main data storage area by selectively allocating a second set of the plurality of data storage locations.


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