Patents by Inventor Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill 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: 20240036966Abstract: In one general embodiment, a method for selecting parameters of an error recovery procedure includes detecting an error during performance of a data operation on a data storage medium by an apparatus. In response to detecting the error, parameters of an error recovery procedure are selected based at least in part on: (a) first information about previous interactions between the apparatus and multiple data storage media, and (b) second information about previous interactions between the data storage medium and other apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Khanh Vi Ngo, Said Ahmad, Illarion Borisevich, David Lee Swanson, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
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Patent number: 8416519Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring a data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether an error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation; monitoring the data transfer operation having the altered condition for detecting temporary errors; determining whether another error burst has occurred based on the monitoring of the data transfer operation having the altered condition; and if another error burst has occurred, altering another condition of the data transfer operation. Additional systems and methods are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Ernest Stewart Gale, Kenji Nakamura, Hirokazu Nakayama, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
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Publication number: 20120275049Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring a data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether an error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation; monitoring the data transfer operation having the altered condition for detecting temporary errors; determining whether another error burst has occurred based on the monitoring of the data transfer operation having the altered condition; and if another error burst has occurred, altering another condition of the data transfer operation. Additional systems and methods are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Ernest Stewart Gale, Kenji Nakamura, Hirokazu Nakayama, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
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Patent number: 8289640Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring a data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether an error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation; monitoring the data transfer operation having the altered condition for detecting temporary errors; determining whether another error burst has occurred based on the monitoring of the data transfer operation having the altered condition; and if another error burst has occurred; altering another condition of the data transfer operation. Additional systems and methods are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Ernest Stewart Gale, Kenji Nakamura, Hirokazu Nakayama, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
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Publication number: 20110222183Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes: deciding to perform a refresh operation on a media cartridge having a tape wrapped around a spool; determining which drive of a plurality of drives is available to perform the refresh operation; causing the media cartridge to be mounted to the available drive; causing the drive to unwrap the tape from the spool of the media cartridge to about an end of the tape; and causing the drive to wrap the tape back onto the spool after the unwrapping, wherein at least some data on the tape is overwritten with new data, and a verification operation is performed using the new data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Reed Alan Hancock, James Mitchell Karp, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 8000052Abstract: A method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes receiving an instruction to perform a verification operation on a media cartridge having a tape wrapped around a spool; unwrapping at least some of the tape from the spool of the media cartridge; after the unwrapping, wrapping at least some of the tape back onto the spool; during at least one of the unwrapping and wrapping (and preferably both, and possibly over several cycles of unwrapping and wrapping), performing a verification operation; generating a quality metric based on the verification operation; and outputting the quality metric or derivative thereof, such as a pass or fail indication; an instruction to set a pass/fail flag; a number, score or graphic illustrating to a user a general quality of the tape, etc. Additional methods and systems are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Reed Alan Hancock, James Mitchell Karp, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill, Eiji Ogura
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Patent number: 7995300Abstract: A plurality of tape drives writes a plurality of indicators corresponding to a plurality of data units on a tape, wherein an indicator indicates which tape drive of the plurality of tape drives has written a corresponding data unit on the tape. Each of the plurality of tape drives generates an extent of read errors, in response to reading the plurality of data units written on the tape. The extent of read errors generated by each of the plurality of tape drives are aggregated at a computational device coupled to the plurality of tape drives. A determination is made at the computational device of a defective tape drive of the plurality of tape drives from the aggregated extent of read errors.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Hiroshi Itagaki, James Mitchell Karp, Takashi Katagiri, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill, Yutaka Ooishi
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Patent number: 7870442Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes detecting an identifier of a drive that has written data to a data storage medium; performing a data transfer operation to read the data from the data storage medium; monitoring the data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether an error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; and if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation, the alteration being selected based on the identifier of the drive that wrote the data to the data storage medium. Additional methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ernest Stewart Gale, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
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Publication number: 20100302667Abstract: A plurality of tape drives writes a plurality of indicators corresponding to a plurality of data units on a tape, wherein an indicator indicates which tape drive of the plurality of tape drives has written a corresponding data unit on the tape. Each of the plurality of tape drives generates an extent of read errors, in response to reading the plurality of data units written on the tape. The extent of read errors generated by each of the plurality of tape drives are aggregated at a computational device coupled to the plurality of tape drives. A determination is made at the computational device of a defective tape drive of the plurality of tape drives from the aggregated extent of read errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Hiroshi Itagaki, James Mitchell Karp, Takashi Katagiri, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill, Yutaka Ooishi
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Patent number: 7821728Abstract: A plurality of tape drives writes a plurality of indicators corresponding to a plurality of data units on a tape, wherein an indicator indicates which tape drive of the plurality of tape drives has written a corresponding data unit on the tape. Each of the plurality of tape drives generates an extent of read errors, in response to reading the plurality of data units written on the tape. The extent of read errors generated by each of the plurality of tape drives are aggregated at a computational device coupled to the plurality of tape drives. A determination is made at the computational device of a defective tape drive of the plurality of tape drives from the aggregated extent of read errors.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Hiroshi Itagaki, James Mitchell Karp, Takashi Katagiri, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill, Yutaka Ooishi
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Publication number: 20100058115Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes detecting an identifier of a drive that has written data to a data storage medium; performing a data transfer operation to read the data from the data storage medium; monitoring the data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether an error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; and if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation, the alteration being selected based on the identifier of the drive that wrote the data to the data storage medium. Additional methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Ernest Stewart Gale, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
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Publication number: 20100033863Abstract: A method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes receiving an instruction to perform a verification operation on a media cartridge having a tape wrapped around a spool; unwrapping at least some of the tape from the spool of the media cartridge; after the unwrapping, wrapping at least some of the tape back onto the spool; during at least one of the unwrapping and wrapping (and preferably both, and possibly over several cycles of unwrapping and wrapping), performing a verification operation; generating a quality metric based on the verification operation; and outputting the quality metric or derivative thereof, such as a pass or fail indication; an instruction to set a pass/fail flag; a number, score or graphic illustrating to a user a general quality of the tape, etc. Additional methods and systems are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Scott Milton Fry, Reed Alan Hancock, James Mitchell Karp, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill, Eiji Ogura
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Publication number: 20100033861Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring a data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether art error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation; monitoring the data transfer operation having the altered condition for detecting temporary errors; determining whether another error burst has occurred based on the monitoring of the data transfer operation having the altered condition; and if another error burst has occurred; altering another condition of the data transfer operation. Additional systems and methods are also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Scott Milton Fry, Ernest Stewart Gale, Kenji Nakamura, Hirokazu Nakayama, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill
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Publication number: 20100007978Abstract: A plurality of tape drives writes a plurality of indicators corresponding to a plurality of data units on a tape, wherein an indicator indicates which tape drive of the plurality of tape drives has written a corresponding data unit on the tape. Each of the plurality of tape drives generates an extent of read errors, in response to reading the plurality of data units written on the tape. The extent of read errors generated by each of the plurality of tape drives are aggregated at a computational device coupled to the plurality of tape drives. A determination is made at the computational device of a defective tape drive of the plurality of tape drives from the aggregated extent of read errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Scott Milton Fry, Hiroshi Itagaki, James Mitchell Karp, Takashi Katagiri, Pamela Ruth Nylander-Hill, Yutaka Ooishi