Patents by Inventor Mark Randall Murray

Mark Randall Murray 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).

  • Field qualification of disk drives in consumer electronics devices
    Patent number: 7937737
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for qualifying performance of a disk drive in a digital home communications terminal (DHCT) deployed in the field. In embodiment, among others, at least one DHCT is identified for performance testing. A disk drive performance test application is downloaded to the DHCT over a communication channel. Performance test results are received from the DHCT over the communication channel. A DHCT is designated as having a hard disk failure if the test results are below a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Inventors: Samuel H. Russ, Mark Randall Murray
  • Measuring data transfer time for disk drives
    Patent number: 7895389
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for testing performance of a disk drive in a digital home communications terminal. In one such method, the steps comprise: measuring at least one time for data transfer of a group of sectors on the disk drive; and providing the time to a server over a communications channel. In another method, the steps comprise: downloading a disk drive performance test application from a server over a communication channel; executing the test application to measure at least one time for data transfer of a group of sectors on the disk drive; and reporting the time to the server over the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventors: Edwin Jeon, Mark Randall Murray, Kevin Edward Maguire
  • Testing data transfer time of disk drives in consumer electronics devices
    Patent number: 7877538
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are disclosed for testing performance of a disk drive in a digital home communications terminal. One such method comprises: downloading a disk drive performance test application from a server over a communication channel; executing the test application to measure at least one time for data transfer of a group of sectors on the disk drive; and reporting the time to the server over the communication channel. A digital video recorder comprises: a disk drive; a communication interface; memory storing executable instructions thereon; and a processor configured by the executable instructions. The processor is configured to download a disk drive performance test application from a server over the communication interface; execute the test application to measure at least one time for data transfer of a group of sectors on the disk drive; and report the time to the server over the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Inventors: Edwin Jeon, Kevin Edward Maguire, Mark Randall Murray
  • Testing Data Transfer Time of Disk Drives in Consumer Electronics Devices
    Publication number: 20080278836
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are disclosed for testing performance of a disk drive in a digital home communications terminal. One such method comprises: downloading a disk drive performance test application from a server over a communication channel; executing the test application to measure at least one time for data transfer of a group of sectors on the disk drive; and reporting the time to the server over the communication channel. A digital video recorder comprises: a disk drive; a communication interface; memory storing executable instructions thereon; and a processor configured by the executable instructions. The processor is configured to download a disk drive performance test application from a server over the communication interface; execute the test application to measure at least one time for data transfer of a group of sectors on the disk drive; and report the time to the server over the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Edwin Jeon, Kevin Edward Maguire, Mark Randall Murray