Patents by Inventor Laura Loredo

Laura Loredo 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).

  • Data set recovery by codeword overlay
    Patent number: 6640326
    Abstract: A method for recovering user data from a host device stored on a data storage medium where a said data may become corrupted during a read operation comprises: performing a read operation to read at least one encoded data fragment of said plurality of encoded data fragments from said data storage medium; storing status data indicating whether said at least one data fragment was correctly read; writing said read at least one data fragment to a buffer memory; attempting to decode said at least one encoded data fragment in said buffer memory wherein if said attempted decoding is unsuccessful then said method further comprises the steps of: re-reading incorrectly read encoded data fragments from said data storage medium; and attempting to decode said encoded data fragments located in said buffer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.C.
    Inventors: Jonathan Peter Buckingham, Laura Loredo, Paul Frederick Bartlett
  • Data transfer device and method
    Publication number: 20030028841
    Abstract: A data transfer device adapted to transfer data from a data storage medium having at least one data storage element the data transfer device comprising a head block having first and second transfer elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Nigel Kevin Rushton, Laura Loredo Sierra, Paul Frederick Bartlett