Patents by Inventor Ali Allen

Ali Allen 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).

  • Disk controller providing for the auto-transfer of host-requested-data from a cache memory within a disk memory system
    Patent number: 7908435
    Abstract: A disk-controller (110) that is within a disk memory system (100) initiates the auto-transfer of host-requested-data from cache memory (120) without the intervention of a microprocessor (130) that is within the disk memory system. The system performs auto-transfer, without the intervention of the microprocessor, even when the first block of host-requested-data (301) is not within cache memory (311). The system includes disk-controller circuitry (11) that determines when at least a portion of the host-requested-data is somewhere within cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics NV
    Inventor: Ali Allen
  • Disk Controller Providing for the Auto-Transfer of Host-Requested-Data from a Cache Memory within a Disk Memory System
    Publication number: 20090300281
    Abstract: A disk-controller (110) that is within a disk memory system (100) initiates the auto-transfer of host-requested-data from cache memory (120) without the intervention of a microprocessor (130) that is within the disk memory system. The system performs auto-transfer, without the intervention of the microprocessor, even when the first block of host-requested-data (301) is not within cache memory (311). The system includes disk-controller circuitry (11) that determines when at least a portion of the host-requested-data is somewhere within cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Ali Allen
  • Disk controller providing for the auto-transfer of host-requested-data from a cache memory within a disk memory system
    Patent number: 7603516
    Abstract: A disk-controller (110) that is within a disk memory system (100) initiates the auto-transfer of host-requested-data from cache memory (120) without the intervention of a microprocessor (130) that is within the disk memory system. The system performs auto-transfer, without the intervention of the microprocessor, even when the first block of host-requested-data (301) is not within cache memory (311). The system includes disk-controller circuitry (11) that determines when at least a portion of the host-requested-data is somewhere within cache memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics NV
    Inventor: Ali Allen
  • Disk controller providing for the auto-transfer of host-requested-data from a cache memory within a disk memory system
    Publication number: 20020075739
    Abstract: A disk-controller (110) that is within a disk memory system (100) initiates the auto-transfer of host-requested-data from cache memory (120) without the intervention of a microprocessor (130) that is within the disk memory system. The system performs auto-transfer, without the intervention of the microprocessor, even when the first block of host-requested-data (301) is not within cache memory (311). The system includes disk-controller circuitry (11) that determines when at least a portion of the host-requested-data is somewhere within cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Ali Allen