Patents by Inventor Khalu Bazzani

Khalu Bazzani 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).

  • Hybrid-device storage based on environmental state
    Patent number: 9798499
    Abstract: A hybrid storage device that includes a hard-disk drive (HDD) and a flash memory is described. When control logic in the hybrid storage device receives a request from an external device to write a block of data to a logical address in a first portion of an address space that maps to the HDD, the control logic writes the block of data to the HDD. However, if there is a change in environmental state information of the hybrid storage device during the write operation, the control logic writes at least a portion of the block of data to a logical address for the block of data in a second portion of the address space which maps to the flash memory. Note that the address space may be common to the external device and the hybrid storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Khalu Bazzani
  • HYBRID-DEVICE STORAGE BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL STATE
    Publication number: 20150058540
    Abstract: A hybrid storage device that includes a hard-disk drive (HDD) and a flash memory is described. When control logic in the hybrid storage device receives a request from an external device to write a block of data to a logical address in a first portion of an address space that maps to the HDD, the control logic writes the block of data to the HDD. However, if there is a change in environmental state information of the hybrid storage device during the write operation, the control logic writes at least a portion of the block of data to a logical address for the block of data in a second portion of the address space which maps to the flash memory. Note that the address space may be common to the external device and the hybrid storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Khalu Bazzani
  • Hybrid-device storage based on environmental state
    Patent number: 8850151
    Abstract: A hybrid storage device that includes a hard-disk drive (HDD) and a flash memory is described. When control logic in the hybrid storage device receives a request from an external device to write a block of data to a logical address in a first portion of an address space that maps to the HDD, the control logic writes the block of data to the HDD. However, if there is a change in environmental state information of the hybrid storage device during the write operation, the control logic writes at least a portion of the block of data to a logical address for the block of data in a second portion of the address space which maps to the flash memory. Note that the address space may be common to the external device and the hybrid storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Khalu Bazzani
  • HYBRID-DEVICE STORAGE BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL STATE
    Publication number: 20110238887
    Abstract: A hybrid storage device that includes a hard-disk drive (HDD) and a flash memory is described. When control logic in the hybrid storage device receives a request from an external device to write a block of data to a logical address in a first portion of an address space that maps to the HDD, the control logic writes the block of data to the HDD. However, if there is a change in environmental state information of the hybrid storage device during the write operation, the control logic writes at least a portion of the block of data to a logical address for the block of data in a second portion of the address space which maps to the flash memory. Note that the address space may be common to the external device and the hybrid storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Khalu Bazzani