Patents by Inventor David Christopher Dallmann

David Christopher Dallmann 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).

  • Formatting a data storage medium to a desired block format
    Patent number: 7181586
    Abstract: A method, system and program product of block formatting a data storage medium in or to be added to an array of data storage media to a desired block format, the method comprising in one embodiment, writing initially only to any region of the data storage media that will be read during initialization of the array of data storage media; and setting a write size for writing steps to be performed after initialization to be greater than or equal to a read size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Christopher Dallmann, Andrew Hills Dallmann