Patents by Inventor Carl R. Hoerger
Carl R. Hoerger 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).
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Patent number: 10770109Abstract: A method comprising: determining, by a tape library, respective tape densities supported by each of a plurality of tape drives and respective tape densities indicated for each of a plurality of tape cartridges; receiving, by the tape library, a command to load a given one of the tape cartridges into a given one of the tape drives; determining, by the tape library, that the indicated tape density for the given tape cartridge matches a tape density supported by the given tape drive; and in response to the determination that the tape densities match, configuring, by the tape library, the given tape drive to initialize the given tape cartridge to the tape density indicated for the given tape cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Curtis C Ballard, Carl R Hoerger
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Patent number: 10622014Abstract: An example tape drive includes a magnetic tape head, an actuator, and a controller. The magnetic tape head includes a data write element to write a data track including data onto magnetic tape. The data track includes a non-trimming portion and a trimmable portion. The magnetic tape head also includes a data read element to read the data written to the non-trimming portion of the data track to verify the accuracy of the data. The controller positions the magnetic tape head via the actuator to allow (i) the data write element to write the first data track, and (ii) the data read element to read the second portion of the first data track. From the read data, a determination may be made as to whether the data was written to the non-trimming portion of the data track with a threshold level of accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Carl R Hoerger, Geoffrey Stiles, Martin Dyer, Geoffrey W. D. Spratt, Jeffrey S. McAllister, Malcolm Grimwood
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Patent number: 10540298Abstract: Examples described herein include a tape drive with a drive memory, an opening, and a key engine. The drive memory is to store a shared secret. The opening is to receive a tape cartridge that stores a protected dataset and an authorization code. The key engine is to generate a decryption key for the protected dataset based on the authorization code and the shared secret.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Carl R. Hoerger, Curtis C. Ballard
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Publication number: 20200004467Abstract: A method comprising: determining, by a tape library, respective tape densities supported by each of a plurality of tape drives and respective tape densities indicated for each of a plurality of tape cartridges; receiving, by the tape library, a command to load a given one of the tape cartridges into a given one of the tape drives; determining, by the tape library, that the indicated tape density for the given tape cartridge matches a tape density supported by the given tape drive; and in response to the determination that the tape densities match, configuring, by the tape library, the given tape drive to initialize the given tape cartridge to the tape density indicated for the given tape cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Curtis C. Ballard, Carl R. Hoerger
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Publication number: 20200005825Abstract: An example tape drive includes a magnetic tape head, an actuator, and a controller. The magnetic tape head includes a data write element to write a data track including data onto magnetic tape. The data track includes a non-trimming portion and a trimmable portion. The magnetic tape head also includes a data read element to read the data written to the non-trimming portion of the data track to verify the accuracy of the data. The controller positions the magnetic tape head via the actuator to allow (i) the data write element to write the first data track, and (ii) the data read element to read the second portion of the first data track. From the read data, a determination may be made as to whether the data was written to the non-trimming portion of the data track with a threshold level of accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Carl R. Hoerger, Geoffrey Stiles, Martin Dyer, Geoffrey W.D. Spratt, Jeffrey S. McAllister, Malcolm Grimwood
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Patent number: 10304489Abstract: An example tape drive includes a magnetic tape head, an actuator, and a controller. The magnetic tape head includes a data write element to write a data track including data onto magnetic tape. The data track includes a non-trimming portion and a trimmable portion. The magnetic tape head also includes a data read element to read the data written to the non-trimming portion of the data track to verify the accuracy of the data. The controller positions the magnetic tape head via the actuator to allow (i) the data write element to write the first data track, and (ii) the data read element to read the second portion of the first data track. From the read data, a determination may be made as to whether the data was written to the non-trimming portion of the data track with a threshold level of accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Inventors: Carl R. Hoerger, Geoffrey Stiles, Martin Dyer, Geoffrey Spratt, Jeffrey S. McAllister, Malcolm Grimwood
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Publication number: 20190095353Abstract: Examples described herein include a tape drive with a drive memory, an opening, and a key engine. The drive memory is to store a shared secret. The opening is to receive a tape cartridge that stores a protected dataset and an authorization code. The key engine is to generate a decryption key for the protected dataset based on the authorization code and the shared secret.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Carl R. Hoerger, Curtis C. Ballard
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Patent number: 10170152Abstract: An example tape storage drive may include reading/writing circuitry and control circuitry. The reading/writing circuitry may be to read from and write to tape media of tape cartridges. The processing circuitry may be to, in response to a tape cartridge being loaded into the tape storage drive, validate initialization of the tape cartridge. The processing circuitry may be to, in validating initialization of the tape cartridge, determine whether a tape format portion of a cartridge memory of the tape cartridge contains tape format data and whether the tape format portion is write-locked. If the tape format portion contains tape format data and is not write-locked, then the processing circuitry may fully initialize the tape cartridge including selecting a tape format for the tape cartridge and updating the tape format data to specify the selected tape format, write-lock the tape format portion, and then deem initialization of the tape cartridge to be complete.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventor: Carl R. Hoerger
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Patent number: 9613645Abstract: To locate an access head element of a head assembly for a tape storage device, a storage tape having a data track that contains servo information is provided. The data track further contains data. The servo information that is in the data track is used to determine a position of the access head element.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventor: Carl R. Hoerger
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Patent number: 8917476Abstract: Tape heads are described herein including (i) a first module including a read transducer array with at least one transducer element to read data from a tape, and (ii) a second module including a read transducer array with at least one transducer element to read data from the tape. In examples herein, a lifting member is provided to cause tape lifting the module at a leading position with respect to tape travel direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.Inventors: Mike Alan Holmberg, Paul W. Poorman, Carl R. Hoerger
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Publication number: 20140240867Abstract: Tape heads are described herein including (i) a first module including a read transducer array with at least one transducer element to read data from a tape, and (ii) a second module including a read transducer array with at least one transducer element to read data from the tape. In examples herein, a lifting member is provided to cause tape lifting the module at a leading position with respect to tape travel direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Mike Alan Holmberg, Paul W. Poorman, Carl R. Hoerger
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Patent number: 8724251Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to magnetic-tape drives that employ data-set-multiplexing magnetic-tape formats in order to achieve compatibility in magnetic-tape formats with respect to a variety of different magnetic-tape-drive tape-head configurations and dimensions. While previous and current magnetic-tape drives employ magnetic-tape formats that feature linear sequences of data sets along the tracks that are read or written during a single pass, or wrap, magnetic-tape drives of the present invention feature magnetic tape that contains data formatted according to a data-set-multiplexing magnetic-tape format, the data-set-multiplexing magnetic-tape format including, for each multiple-track wrap within a band, two or more parallel sequences of data sets written to the multiple tracks of the multiple-track wrap.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Carl R. Hoerger, John D. Hampton
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Patent number: 8582246Abstract: A tape storage device includes a head assembly having plural access head elements to access data on respective data tracks on a storage tape. A controller, responsive to information contained in at least one of the data tracks, is provided to individually adjust a lateral position of at least one of the access head elements independently of at least one other head element.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Carl R. Hoerger
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Publication number: 20120307399Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to magnetic-tape drives that employ data-set-multiplexing magnetic-tape formats in order to achieve compatibility in magnetic-tape formats with respect to a variety of different magnetic-tape-drive tape-head configurations and dimensions. While previous and current magnetic-tape drives employ magnetic-tape formats that feature linear sequences of data sets along the tracks that are read or written during a single pass, or wrap, magnetic-tape drives of the present invention feature magnetic tape that contains data formatted according to a data-set-multiplexing magnetic-tape format, the data-set-multiplexing magnetic-tape format including, for each multiple-track wrap within a band, two or more parallel sequences of data sets written to the multiple tracks of the multiple-track wrap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Carl R. Hoerger, John D. Hampton
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Publication number: 20110199702Abstract: To locate an access head element of a head assembly for a tape storage device, a storage tape having a data track that contains servo information is provided. The data track further contains data. The servo information that is in the data track is used to determine a position of the access head element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventor: Carl R. Hoerger
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Publication number: 20110182157Abstract: A tape storage device includes a head assembly having plural access head elements to access data on respective data tracks on a storage tape. A controller, responsive to information contained in at least one of the data tracks, is provided to individually adjust a lateral position of at least one of the access head elements independently of at least one other head element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventor: Carl R. Hoerger
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Patent number: 7289289Abstract: To access data on a storage medium, at least three servo stripes simultaneously recorded in a servo track are read. The at least three servo stripes have different orientations on the servo track. An indication of a lateral position of a storage medium access head with respect to the servo track is generated based on reading the at least three servo stripes.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Carl R. Hoerger, Vernon L. Knowles
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Patent number: 7031151Abstract: A mounting apparatus for enabling the mounting of a computer peripheral device to a peripheral device bay of a computer system comprises a mounting rail adapted to slideably engage a profile in the peripheral device bay. The mounting apparatus further includes an adhesive element adapted to attach the mounting rail to a side surface of the computer peripheral device.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen V. Deckers, Carl R. Hoerger
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Patent number: 6914778Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a mounting rail that is attachable to a side surface of a peripheral device. The peripheral device side surface has a first key profile engageable with a second key profile of the mounting rail so that the mounting rail can be attached to the peripheral device. Alternatively, the mounting rail is attached to the side surface of the peripheral device by use of an adhesive member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Stephen V. Deckers, Carl R. Hoerger
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Patent number: 6847367Abstract: Embodiments of an electrical/electronic unit display system are described, which embodiments feature a dual-use for the port area of an electronic unit's exterior surface. Whereas a port area is normally used only for insertion of a cartridge or other data-storage container to cooperate with a data-retrieval drive, such as a reader or recorder, the invented system adapts the port area to also be used for display of information regarding the electronic unit and/or the cartridge itself. An exterior or otherwise-visible surface of the cartridge may be used for display, when the cartridge is in the port, the visible surface being readily observed by the equipment operator. Alternatively, the exterior or other visible surface of the port door may be used for display. The displays may be active, as in instrument faces built into the door and/or the cassette/cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1998Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thomas W. von Alten, Carl R. Hoerger, Jeffrey S. McAllister