Patents by Inventor Michael R. Geroche

Michael R. Geroche 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).

  • Method for dynamically measuring computer disk error rates
    Patent number: 5422890
    Abstract: A dynamic testing method for determining disk drive error rates based on the number of bytes which are read from a hard disk drive during test. The method identifies specific faulting disk sectors and disk error types and maintains a log of the errors. The method also accumulates the total number of bytes which have been read from the disk and determines whether the disk under test has exceeded acceptable error rates based on the number of bytes read during the test. This permits the method to identify a disk drive as having failed its test prior to completion of the full disk drive test cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Benny J. Klingsporn, Steven E. Fairchild, Mark T. Lundgreen, Michael R. Geroche