Patents by Inventor Pasi Kellokoski

Pasi Kellokoski 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).

  • Erasure of data from a memory of a data storage apparatus by identifying available free space in the memory and iteratively writing a sequence of files decreasing size to the memory using a file-based protocol
    Patent number: 10956080
    Abstract: A method of erasing data using a file-based protocol from a data storage apparatus for repurposing, reallocation to a new user or retirement of the data storage apparatus, the data storage apparatus comprising a memory using a file-based protocol, and the method comprises: receiving one or more signals representative of the available free space of at least one selected region of the memory; iteratively writing files to the at least one selected region of the memory using the file based protocol, wherein: at least one of the files is sized based on at least one of the received signals and the iterative writing of the files comprises writing the files in sequence such that for at least part of the sequence each file is smaller in size than the preceding file of the sequence; and wherein the files are written to collectively occupy all of the at least one selected region of the memory; and the method further comprises receiving an indication that said at least one selected region of memory is full following the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: BLANCCO TECHNOLOGY GROUP IP OY
    Inventors: Pasi Kellokoski, Markus Törmä, Pekka Nurminen, Tomi Lehtola, Petri Hentunen
  • Data Erasure Method and Apparatus
    Publication number: 20190212942
    Abstract: A method of erasing data using a file-based protocol from a data storage apparatus for repurposing, reallocation to a new user or retirement of the data storage apparatus, the data storage apparatus comprising a memory using a file-based protocol, and the method comprises: receiving one or more signals representative of the available free space of at least one selected region of the memory; iteratively writing files to the at least one selected region of the memory using the file based protocol, wherein: at least one of the files is sized based on at least one of the received signals and the iterative writing of the files comprises writing the files in sequence such that for at least part of the sequence each file is smaller in size than the preceding file of the sequence; and wherein the files are written to collectively occupy all of the at least one selected region of the memory; and the method further comprises receiving an indication that said at least one selected region of memory is full following the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Blancco Technology Group IP Oy
    Inventors: Pasi Kellokoski, Markus Törmä, Pekka Nurminen, Tomi Lehtola, Petri Hentunen