Patents by Inventor Meytal Soffer
Meytal Soffer 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).
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Publication number: 20240143227Abstract: A data storage device has a cache and a non-volatile memory. Instead of flushing the entire cache to the non-volatile memory in response to a command from a host, the data storage device flushes only the cached data that is associated with an identifier provided by the host. This allows the cached data associated with the identifier to be flushed more quickly. The data storage device can also prioritize queued commands that are associated with the identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rotem Sela, Meytal Soffer, Asher Druck
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Patent number: 11494125Abstract: A storage system and method for dual fast release and slow release responses are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from a host, a write command and data to be written in the non-volatile memory. The host comprises a command queue storing an identifier for the write command and a buffer storing a copy of the data. In response to storing the data in the volatile memory, the controller is configured to instruct the host to remove the identifier for the write command from the host's command queue. In response to successfully writing the data in the non-volatile memory, the controller is configured to instruct the host to remove the copy of the data from the host's buffer. Other embodiments are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yoav Markus, Nir Perry, Meytal Soffer, Alex Lemberg
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Publication number: 20220197557Abstract: A storage system and method for dual fast release and slow release responses are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from a host, a write command and data to be written in the non-volatile memory. The host comprises a command queue storing an identifier for the write command and a buffer storing a copy of the data. In response to storing the data in the volatile memory, the controller is configured to instruct the host to remove the identifier for the write command from the host's command queue. In response to successfully writing the data in the non-volatile memory, the controller is configured to instruct the host to remove the copy of the data from the host's buffer. Other embodiments are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yoav Markus, Nir Perry, Meytal Soffer, Alex Lemberg
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Patent number: 8417866Abstract: Methods for transmitting application specific or extended commands between a host and a memory card are disclosed. Commands for an extended card protocol are embedded in messages, along with a marker, in the data or command portion of a base card transmission protocol that is used to communicate between the host and the memory card. This allows for the transmission of application specific commands that lack a corresponding command in the base card protocol. The method can be implemented on the host side at the device driver level or the file level. In order to implement a read command in the extended card protocol, a write command in the base card protocol with an encapsulated read command in the extended protocol is first sent to a logical address, followed by a read command to the same logical address. Message set identifiers associate embedded commands and data received in separate transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.Inventors: Robert Chin-Tse Chang, Henry Ricardo Hutton, Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, Haluk Kent Tanik, Ron Barzilai, Meytal Soffer, Mei Yan, Patricia Dwyer, Po Yuan, Bahman Qawami
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Publication number: 20120066412Abstract: Methods for transmitting application specific or extended commands between a host and a memory card are disclosed. Commands for an extended card protocol are embedded in messages, along with a marker, in the data or command portion of a base card transmission protocol that is used to communicate between the host and the memory card. This allows for the transmission of application specific commands that lack a corresponding command in the base card protocol. The method can be implemented on the host side at the device driver level or the file level. In order to implement a read command in the extended card protocol, a write command in the base card protocol with an encapsulated read command in the extended protocol is first sent to a logical address, followed by a read command to the same logical address. Message set identifiers associate embedded commands and data received in separate transmissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Robert Chin-Tse Chang, Henry Ricardo Hutton, Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, Haluk Kent Tanik, Ron Barzilai, Meytal Soffer, Mei Yan, Patricia Dwyer, Po Yuan, Bahman Qawami
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Patent number: 8078788Abstract: Methods for transmitting application specific or extended commands between a host and a memory card are disclosed. Commands for an extended card protocol are embedded in messages, along with a marker, in the data or command portion of a base card transmission protocol that is used to communicate between the host and the memory card. This allows for the transmission of application specific commands that lack a corresponding command in the base card protocol. The method can be implemented on the host side at the device driver level or the file level. In order to implement a read command in the extended card protocol, a write command in the base card protocol with an encapsulated read command in the extended protocol is first sent to a logical address, followed by a read command to the same logical address. Message set identifiers associate embedded commands and data received in separate transmissions.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.Inventors: Robert Chin-Tse Chang, Henry Ricardo Hutton, Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, Haluk Kent Tanik, Ron Barzilai, Meytal Soffer, Mei Yan, Patricia Dwyer, Po Yuan, Bahman Qawami
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Publication number: 20090182919Abstract: Methods for transmitting application specific or extended commands between a host and a memory card are disclosed. Commands for an extended card protocol are embedded in messages, along with a marker, in the data or command portion of a base card transmission protocol that is used to communicate between the host and the memory card. This allows for the transmission of application specific commands that lack a corresponding command in the base card protocol. The method can be implemented on the host side at the device driver level or the file level. In order to implement a read command in the extended card protocol, a write command in the base card protocol with an encapsulated read command in the extended protocol is first sent to a logical address, followed by a read command to the same logical address. Message set identifiers associate embedded commands and data received in separate transmissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Robert Chin-Tse Chang, Henry Ricardo Hutton, Farshid Sabet-Sharghi, Haluk Kent Tanik, Ron Barzilai, Meytal Soffer, Mei Yan, Patricia Dwyer, Po Yuan, Bahman Qawami