Patents by Inventor Donald B. Gage

Donald B. Gage 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).

  • System and method for identifying the signal integrity of a signal from a tape drive
    Patent number: 7733596
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying signal degradation in a tape drive is disclosed in which a data signal read from the tape drive and the signal characteristics of the undecoded portion of the data stream are compared with a set of known values. The undecoded portion of the data may comprise the preamble portion of the signal and the comparison set of known values may be saved to local storage on the tape drive. If the comparison of the signal characteristics of the undecoded portion of the data stream and the known set of signal values indicates that data signal is degraded, a notification is generated that indicates that the signal at the tape drive is degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Donald B. Gage, Donald C. Guthan, William Theobald, Randall H. Zumwalt
  • System and Method for Identifying the Signal Integrity of a Signal From a Tape Drive
    Publication number: 20090154005
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying signal degradation in a tape drive is disclosed in which a data signal read from the tape drive and the signal characteristics of the undecoded portion of the data stream are compared with a set of known values. The undecoded portion of the data may comprise the preamble portion of the signal and the comparison set of known values may be saved to local storage on the tape drive. If the comparison of the signal characteristics of the undecoded portion of the data stream and the known set of signal values indicates that data signal is degraded, a notification is generated that indicates that the signal at the tape drive is degraded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Donald B. Gage, Donald C. Guthan, William Theobald, Randall H. Zumwalt