Patents by Inventor Daniel Colegrove

Daniel Colegrove 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).

  • Micro-journaling of data on a storage device
    Publication number: 20070097535
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention recite a method of preserving data on a hard disk drive. In one embodiment, a first copy of data is read from at least one sector of a hard disk drive and stored in a first location. A second copy of the data is stored in a non-volatile memory location of the hard disk drive. The first copy of the data is then modified to create a modified copy. The second copy of the data is then used to verify that the modified copy of data has been correctly written to the at least one sector of the hard disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Colegrove, Richard New
  • Micro-journaling of data on a storage device
    Publication number: 20070101056
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention recite a method of preserving data on a hard disk drive. In one embodiment, a copy of data is read from at least one sector of a hard disk drive and stored in a memory location of the hard disk drive. At least a portion of the data in the memory location of the hard disk drive is then replaced to create a modified copy of data. A copy of the modified copy of data is then stored in a non-volatile memory location of the hard disk drive. Finally, the data from the at least one sector is replaced with the modified copy of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Colegrove, Richard New