Patents by Inventor Tj Quirk

Tj Quirk 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).

  • TAPE LIBRARY SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED, FEEDBACK-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL AND DATA DURABILITY CONTROL
    Publication number: 20220383900
    Abstract: A tape cartridge for use in one or more tape drives of a tape library includes a cartridge housing and a magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is retained within the cartridge housing. The magnetic tape includes a first tape section that is pre-recorded with calibrated data for evaluating data durability on the magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is usable within the tape library to measure a health of the one or more tape drives and/or confirm a suitability of an operating environment within the tape library in terms of at least one of temperature and humidity. The calibrated data in the first tape section can be further configured for evaluating total transverse dimensional stability on the magnetic tape. The first tape section can include predetermined error patterns to assist in evaluating the data durability on the magnetic tape and/or periodic tape scrubbing operations to enhance data durability on the magnetic tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Turguy Goker, James P. Peng, Scott M. Rockwell, Mathew Aschenberg, David Tindall, III, Hoa Le, Carsten H. Prigge, TJ Quirk, Robert Munio, Steve Cooper, Robert Yang, Bruno H. Hald
  • Tape library system with integrated, feedback-based environmental and data durability control
    Patent number: 11341994
    Abstract: A tape cartridge for use in one or more tape drives of a tape library includes a cartridge housing and a magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is retained within the cartridge housing. The magnetic tape includes a first tape section that is pre-recorded with calibrated data for evaluating data durability on the magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is usable within the tape library to measure a health of the one or more tape drives and/or confirm a suitability of an operating environment within the tape library in terms of at least one of temperature and humidity. The calibrated data in the first tape section can be further configured for evaluating total transverse dimensional stability on the magnetic tape. The first tape section can include predetermined error patterns to assist in evaluating the data durability on the magnetic tape and/or periodic tape scrubbing operations to enhance data durability on the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventors: Turguy Goker, James P. Peng, Scott M. Rockwell, Mathew Aschenberg, David Tindall, III, Hoa Le, Carsten H. Prigge, Tj Quirk, Robert Munio, Steve Cooper, Robert Yang, Bruno H. Hald