Patents by Inventor Ross N. Williams

Ross N. Williams 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).

  • Apparatus and method for partitioning data blocks
    Patent number: 7933939
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing the speed at which a block of data can be partitioning into variable-length subblocks is provided. The method combines a relatively high-speed partitioning algorithm (that can only partition a block into relatively small mean-length subblocks) with a relatively low-speed algorithm (that can partition a block into subblocks of any mean length) to yield a relatively high-speed partitioning algorithm that can partition blocks into subblocks of any mean-length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventor: Ross N. Williams
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARTITIONING DATA BLOCKS
    Publication number: 20090265397
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing the speed at which a block of data can be partitioning into variable-length subblocks is provided. The method combines a relatively high-speed partitioning algorithm (that can only partition a block into relatively small mean-length subblocks) with a relatively low-speed algorithm (that can partition a block into subblocks of any mean length) to yield a relatively high-speed partitioning algorithm that can partition blocks into subblocks of any mean-length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: Ross N. Williams