Patents by Inventor Mike Montemorra

Mike Montemorra 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).

  • Intelligent storage device controller
    Patent number: 8645641
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a storage device includes a controller that is adapted to receive environmental data from a plurality of environmental sensors, where the environmental data is related to an operating environment of the storage device. Further, the controller is adapted to receive state information related to the data storage medium from a plurality of firmware detectors, to weight the received environmental data and the received state information according to a pre-determined weighting table, and to dynamically manage at least one attribute of the storage device based on the weighted environmental data and the weighted state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Michael Edward Baum, Jim Joseph Touchton, Timothy Richard Feldman, Mike Montemorra
  • Intelligent storage device controller
    Publication number: 20100153680
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a storage device includes a controller that is adapted to receive environmental data from a plurality of environmental sensors, where the environmental data is related to an operating environment of the storage device. Further, the controller is adapted to receive state information related to the data storage medium from a plurality of firmware detectors, to weight the received environmental data and the received state information according to a pre-determined weighting table, and to dynamically manage at least one attribute of the storage device based on the weighted environmental data and the weighted state information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Michael Edward Baum, Jim Joseph Touchton, Timothy Richard Feldman, Mike Montemorra
  • Readback system providing a combined sample output including multiple samples per bit
    Patent number: 7423826
    Abstract: A readback system includes a magnetic sensor that receives a sensor current. The magnetic sensor senses magnetic bits at a bit frequency and generates a sensor output. The readback system includes a channel circuit that modulates the sensor current at a modulation frequency higher than the bit frequency. The channel circuit samples the sensor output and combines multiple samples of the sensor output per magnetic bit into a combined sample output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shaoping Li, Jin Insik, Kaizhong Gao, Song Xue, Mike Montemorra, Housan Dakroub, Jason C. Jury
  • Readback system providing a combined sample output including multiple samples per bit
    Publication number: 20070211362
    Abstract: A readback system includes a magnetic sensor that receives a sensor current. The magnetic sensor senses magnetic bits at a bit frequency and generates a sensor output. The readback system includes a channel circuit that modulates the sensor current at a modulation frequency higher than the bit frequency. The channel circuit samples the sensor output and combines multiple samples of the sensor output per magnetic bit into a combined sample output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shaoping Li, Insik Jin, Kaizhong Gao, Song Xue, Mike Montemorra, Housan Dakroub, Jason Jury