Patents by Inventor Grayson Abbott

Grayson Abbott 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).

  • Publication number: 20070168632
    Abstract: A method and system for accessing a non-volatile memory is disclosed. The method includes writing a first stream of data to a first block of a first region of a non-volatile memory and detecting a full condition of the first block of the first region. Further, the method includes identifying data to be copied from the first block of the first region and copying the identified data from the first block of the first region to a second block of the first region of the non-volatile memory. The method also includes writing a second stream of data to the second block of the first region and writing a third stream of data to a first block of a second region of the non-volatile memory. In addition, the method includes detecting a full condition of the first block of the second region, identifying data to be copied from the first block of the second region and copying the identified data from the first block of the second region to a second block of the second region of the non-volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: SigmaTel, Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Zeevi, Grayson Abbott, Richard Sanders, Glenn Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20060107130
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method of reading a portion of a non-volatile computer memory including reading a first portion of a redundant memory area of a data sector of the non-volatile computer memory. The first portion of the redundant memory area includes data associated with the data sector. The first portion of the redundant memory area includes a cyclic redundancy check code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: David Baker, Grayson Abbott, Josef Zeevi