Patents by Inventor Jason Liang

Jason Liang 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: 20250149061
    Abstract: An apparatus, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, includes a magnetic head having an array of transducers, the transducers comprising data elements, at least two first servo readers positioned toward a first end of the array and at least two second servo readers positioned toward a second end of the array. The array is symmetrical about a centerpoint of the array, such that a distance between a center of an innermost one of the first servo readers and a center of the data element closest thereto is the same as a distance between a center of an innermost one of the second servo readers and a center of the data element closest thereto, and such that a distance between a center of an outermost one of the first servo readers and the center of the data element closest thereto is the same as a distance between a center of an outermost one of the second servo readers and the center of the data element closest thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Icko E.T. Iben, Jason Liang, David Lee Swanson
  • Publication number: 20250149060
    Abstract: A method, in accordance with one aspect, includes writing, by a tape drive, data tracks to a data band of a magnetic tape having servo bands flanking the data band, the writing being performed using a magnetic head that is not designed for a format of the magnetic tape. The writing includes overwriting a portion of each of the servo bands with the data tracks. A method, in accordance with another aspect, includes writing data tracks to a data band using a magnetic head that is not designed for a format of the magnetic tape. An effective pitch of servo readers of the magnetic head used simultaneously during the writing matches a servo reader pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape. An average effective pitch of write transducers of the magnetic head is greater than a data track pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Icko E.T. Iben, David Lee Swanson, Kevin Bruce Judd, Jason Liang
  • Publication number: 20240412758
    Abstract: Provided are devices for use in a magnetic tape head, a magnetic tape head, and methods for forming the same. A device includes a chiplet including at least one of a reader and a writer. The device also includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield embedded in the chiplet. The EMI shield is configured to inhibit electromagnetic interference during operation of the at least one of the reader and the writer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Liang, Icko E. T. Iben, Hoodin Hamidi
  • Publication number: 20240412755
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a head for a storage drive includes a support member having a first media facing surface, and a wafer chiplet disposed on the support member and having a second media facing surface. In one embodiment, the lateral width of the chiplet is less than the lateral width of the support member and is less than the range of tape head and magnetic tape relative lateral motion. In one aspect of the present description, the chiplet has a third media facing surface which blends with first media facing surface of the support member, and the second media facing surface of the chiplet. In one embodiment, the chiplet is disposed on the support member so that a first bank of transducers of the tape head is centered on the support member and a second bank of transducers is offset from the center of the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Liang, Georg Lothar Lauhoff
  • Patent number: 12148457
    Abstract: A method, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, includes writing, by a tape drive, data tracks to a data band of a magnetic tape having servo bands flanking the data band, the writing being performed using a magnetic head that is not designed for a format of the magnetic tape. An effective pitch of servo readers of the magnetic head used simultaneously during the writing matches a servo reader pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape. An average effective pitch of write transducers of the magnetic head is greater than a data track pitch specification of the format of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Icko E. T. Iben, David Lee Swanson, Kevin Bruce Judd, Jason Liang
  • Patent number: 12073858
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic tape head, a magnetic tape drive, and a computational device in which the magnetic tape head is comprised of a plurality of modules comprising reader modules and writer modules, and a plurality of elements, wherein a total of shifts of selected elements of the plurality of elements that are shifted add up to a desired total shift to realign the plurality of modules, such that a median head span of each module type matches as close as possible to a desired value of a head span for all module types including the reader modules and the writer modules and wherein the head span is shifted at a wafer level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Icko E. T. Iben, Jason Liang, Hoodin Hamidi
  • Publication number: 20240233756
    Abstract: In an approach to improve write transducers a write transducer for recording data on a magnetic media is disclosed. The write transducer comprises a first pole piece. The write transducer further comprises a second pole piece. The first pole piece and the second pole piece are arranged in such a way, that a write gap is formed between the first pole piece and the second pole piece. A longitudinal axis is defined between opposite ends of the write gap. A length of the write gap along the longitudinal axis varies in the direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hugo E. Rothuizen, Mark Alfred Lantz, Jason Liang, Icko E. T. Iben
  • Patent number: 12033678
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a beam, a chip coupled to the beam, a cable coupled to the beam by a first material located at opposite edges of the cable, and wire bonds extending from pads of the cable to pads of the chip. An apparatus includes a beam and a chip coupled to the beam. The chip includes an array of magnetic transducers for transducing data on a magnetic recording tape. The apparatus includes a cable coupled to the beam by a first material located at opposite edges of the cable, wire bonds extending from pads of the cable to pads of the chip, and a second material encapsulating ends of the wire bonds that are located adjacent the cable. The second material does not contact the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Liang, Hoodin Hamidi, Daniel Brown
  • Patent number: 12014755
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, the degree of side erasure occurring in neighboring tracks is controlled by controlling the skew angle of the tape head, relative to the longitudinal direction of motion of the tape past the head as a track is written. In one embodiment, the tape head is rotated relative to the longitudinal direction of tape travel, and the trailing edge of the tape head which forms an acute angle with the edge of a track being written, is used for writing tracks at a desired track pitch. Other aspects and advantages may be provided, depending upon the particular application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Alfred Lantz, Hugo E. Rothuizen, Simeon Furrer, Stella Brach, Jason Liang, Icko E. T. Iben, Georg Lothar Lauhoff, David Lee Swanson
  • Publication number: 20240135963
    Abstract: In an approach to improve write transducers a write transducer for recording data on a magnetic media is disclosed. The write transducer comprises a first pole piece. The write transducer further comprises a second pole piece. The first pole piece and the second pole piece are arranged in such a way, that a write gap is formed between the first pole piece and the second pole piece. A longitudinal axis is defined between opposite ends of the write gap. A length of the write gap along the longitudinal axis varies in the direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hugo E. Rothuizen, Mark Alfred Lantz, Jason Liang, Icko E. T. Iben
  • Publication number: 20230386509
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic tape head, a magnetic tape drive, and a computational device in which the magnetic tape head is comprised of a plurality of elements, wherein a pitch between adjacent elements of the plurality of elements is not identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Icko E.T. Iben, Jason Liang, Hoodin Hamidi
  • Patent number: 11810602
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic tape head, a magnetic tape drive, and a computational device in which the magnetic tape head is comprised of a plurality of elements, wherein a pitch between adjacent elements of the plurality of elements is not identical. Selected elements of the plurality of elements that are shifted from a nominal position are selected in a symmetrical manner in the plurality of elements. A total of shifts of the elements of the plurality of elements that are shifted add up to a desired total shift to realign a plurality of modules, such that the median head span of each module type match as closely as possible to a desired value of a head span for all module types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Icko E..T. Iben, Jason Liang, Hoodin Hamidi
  • Publication number: 20230257430
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant proteins comprising sets of polypeptides that may be used for measurement of protein levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jason LIANG, Avinashnarayan VENKATANARAYAN, Lai Man Phu YEE, Donald Scott KIRKPATRICK
  • Patent number: 11701576
    Abstract: An environment includes one or more clients, a game mediator server, and a game server connected by a network. The clients include a game mediator and a game. The game server executes game playing sessions of the games. The game mediator server and the game mediators form a game mediation infrastructure to mediate game playing sessions. For example, the game mediation infrastructure creates “lobbies” for game playing sessions and enables clients connected to lobbies to communicate with one another. The games receive interactions at the client and communicate with the game server to impact execution of game playing sessions. The game mediator server sends deep links to clients, e.g., to initiate game installation, or to start the game at a particular portion of the game. The game mediation infrastructure may also enrich gameplay by customizing gameplay and/or the lobby, e.g. based on events that occur during execution of the game playing session, or locations of the clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BUNCH LIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Selcuk Atli, Jason Liang, Jordan Howlett
  • Patent number: 11642596
    Abstract: Within a multiplayer gaming environment, a game mediation infrastructure facilitates the creation and use of multiplayer gaming sessions. The game mediation infrastructure allows leveraging the context of an existing gameplay session within a game (e.g., the game being played, the identities of the participants) to begin a corresponding session in a game mediator application. The session in the game mediator application provides functionality—such as game-related communication capabilities—that is superior to that provided by the game itself. These actions by the game mediation infrastructure reduce or eliminate steps that would otherwise have to be performed by users, thereby greatly simplifying user coordination for multiplayer gaming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BUNCH LIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Selcuk Atli, Jason Liang, Jordan Howlett
  • Publication number: 20230081254
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a beam, a chip coupled to the beam, a cable coupled to the beam by a first material located at opposite edges of the cable, and wire bonds extending from pads of the cable to pads of the chip. An apparatus includes a beam and a chip coupled to the beam. The chip includes an array of magnetic transducers for transducing data on a magnetic recording tape. The apparatus includes a cable coupled to the beam by a first material located at opposite edges of the cable, wire bonds extending from pads of the cable to pads of the chip, and a second material encapsulating ends of the wire bonds that are located adjacent the cable. The second material does not contact the chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Liang, Hoodin Hamidi, Daniel Brown
  • Publication number: 20230072460
    Abstract: Provided are a magnetic tape head, a magnetic tape drive, and a computational device in which the magnetic tape head is comprised of a plurality of elements, wherein a pitch between adjacent elements of the plurality of elements is not identical. Selected elements of the plurality of elements that are shifted from a nominal position are selected in a symmetrical manner in the plurality of elements. A total of shifts of the elements of the plurality of elements that are shifted add up to a desired total shift to realign a plurality of modules, such that the median head span of each module type match as closely as possible to a desired value of a head span for all module types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Icko E.T. Iben, Jason Liang, Hoodin Hamidi
  • Publication number: 20230051955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metalearning of deep neural network (DNN) architectures and hyperparameters. Precisely, the present system and method utilizes Evolutionary Population-Based Based Training (EPBT) that interleaves the training of a DNN's weights with the metalearning of loss functions. They are parameterized using multivariate Taylor expansions that EPBT can directly optimize. Further, EPBT based system and method uses a quality-diversity heuristic called Novelty Pulsation as well as knowledge distillation to prevent overfitting during training. The discovered hyperparameters adapt to the training process and serve to regularize the learning task by discouraging overfitting to the labels. EPBT thus demonstrates a practical instantiation of regularization metalearning based on simultaneous training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Liang, Risto Miikkulainen, Hormoz Shahrzad, Santiago Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11562768
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a magnetic head having a first array of read transducers, an array of write transducers, and a second array of read transducers. A center-to-center pitch of the read transducers in the first array is less than a center-to-center pitch of the write transducers. A center-to-center pitch of the read transducers in the second array is greater than a center-to-center pitch of the write transducers. The read transducers in the first and second arrays are aligned with the write transducers along an intended direction of tape travel thereacross for enabling read-while-write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Liang, Robert Biskeborn
  • Patent number: 11465056
    Abstract: Users play electronic games on their client devices, such as smartphones, laptop computers, game consoles, or the like. A game mediation component supplements the electronic games by providing additional functionality for group gameplay, such as communication among the players participating in the gameplay group, emphasizing key moments in the gameplay, saving and sharing of portions of the group gameplay, etc. Events related to gameplay, such as environmental events or in-game events, cause the game mediation component to take an action to supplement the gameplay, such as modifying an overlay user interface to provide additional gameplay data while efficiently using screen real estate, sending messages to other players in the group gameplay, and saving and sharing portions of gameplay session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Bunch Live, Inc.
    Inventors: Selcuk Atli, Jason Liang, Jordan Howlett