Patents by Inventor Alexander Sanks

Alexander Sanks 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).

  • Systems and methods for configuring non-volatile memory
    Patent number: 9235502
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for configuring a non-volatile memory (“NVM”). In some embodiments, each block of the NVM can include a block table-of-contents (“TOC”), which can be encoded (e.g., run-length encoded) and dynamically-sized. Thus, as user data is being programmed to a block, the size of a block TOC can be concurrently recalculated and increased only if necessary. In some embodiments, the NVM interface can use a weave sequence stored in the context information and at least one weave sequence associated with each page of a block to determine whether to replay across the pages of the block after system boot-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Vadim Khmelnitsky, Daniel J. Post, Nir Jacob Wakrat, Matthew J. Byom, Kenneth Herman, Alexander Sanks
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
    Publication number: 20130073789
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for configuring a non-volatile memory (“NVM”). In some embodiments, each block of the NVM can include a block table-of-contents (“TOC”), which can be encoded (e.g., run-length encoded) and dynamically-sized. Thus, as user data is being programmed to a block, the size of a block TOC can be concurrently recalculated and increased only if necessary. In some embodiments, the NVM interface can use a weave sequence stored in the context information and at least one weave sequence associated with each page of a block to determine whether to replay across the pages of the block after system boot-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Vadim Khmelnitsky, Daniel J. Post, Nir Jacob Wakrat, Matthew J. Byom, Kenneth Herman, Alexander Sanks