Patents by Inventor MacDonald Verner, III

MacDonald Verner, III has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for performing a continuous over-write of a file in nonvolatile memory
    Patent number: 5860124
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory having a plurality of individually erasable blocks is used to store sectors of a file. A method of overwriting the file includes the step of receiving a frame of data. The logical sector that the frame is to be written to is determined. The logical sector corresponds to a first sector located at a first offset in a first block of the nonvolatile memory. The first block also has an associated first logical block number. The frame of data is written to a second sector. The second sector is located at a second offset in a spare block. The first and second offsets are identical. The logical block number of the spare block is updated to be the same as the first logical block number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Walter S. Matthews, Clark S. Thurlo, MacDonald Verner, III, Deborah L. See, Phillip J. del Pozo, III