Patents by Inventor Robert Stevan Sprinkle

Robert Stevan Sprinkle 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).

  • GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR FAILURE PREDICTION AND REPARTITIONING
    Publication number: 20100262766
    Abstract: A method of formatting a data storage device that includes a plurality of flash memory chips includes monitoring a failure rate of memory blocks of one or more flash memory chips of a storage device that has a first usable size for user space applications, estimating a future usable size of the data storage device based on the monitored failure rate, and defining, via a host coupled to the data storage device, a second usable size of the data storage device for user space applications based on the monitored failure rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Stevan Sprinkle, Albert T. Borchers, Andrew Timothy Swing