Patents by Inventor Giacomo V. Ingenio

Giacomo V. Ingenio 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).

  • Patent number: 6386456
    Abstract: In a memory card, identification numbers identifying the memory card are permanently stored in fuse blown registers formed in each of two redrive chips, which function to read out data from memory chips of the memory card and store data in the memory chips of the memory card. Each identification number separately provides a unique identification of the memory card. The identification numbers are each stored with an error correction code by which single bit errors en the identification numbers can be corrected and the occurrence of multiple bit errors in the identification numbers can be detected. Both identification numbers, if valid, are used to identify the memory card and both of the identification numbers, if valid, are stored in association with memory quality events occurring on the memory card, so as to provide a redundant identification of the memory card on which the memory quality events occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Long Chen, Charles D. Holtz, Giacomo V. Ingenio, William W. Shen