Patents by Inventor Erich R. Oetting

Erich R. Oetting 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).

  • Mechanism for isolating marginal recording to media or recording apparatus
    Patent number: 7554759
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method and apparatus for isolating marginal recording to media or recording apparatus is disclosed. The method includes generating an experience metric from an interaction between a media mounted in a drive, updating one or more metrics for each of the media and the drive based on the experience metric and one or more prior metrics of the media and the drive, storing the one or more updated metrics to the associated media and drive, and utilizing the one or more updated metrics to predict performance trends of the media and the drive for preventative maintenance purposes. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Allen Gill, Erich R. Oetting
  • Mechanism for isolating marginal recording to media or recording apparatus
    Publication number: 20080002287
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method and apparatus for isolating marginal recording to media or recording apparatus is disclosed. The method includes generating an experience metric from an interaction between a media mounted in a drive, updating one or more metrics for each of the media and the drive based on the experience metric and one or more prior metrics of the media and the drive, storing the one or more updated metrics to the associated media and drive, and utilizing the one or more updated metrics to predict performance trends of the media and the drive for preventative maintenance purposes. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Allen Gill, Erich R. Oetting