Patents by Inventor Ross H. Bruce

Ross H. Bruce 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 and apparatus for testing a storage device
    Patent number: 6757845
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method of writing test data in a memory space within a memory store and includes: generating a header having an address representing the location of the memory space in the memory store, and a seed value; generating test data using the seed value; and storing the header and the test data in the memory space. Another embodiment of the present invention pertains to a method of testing a memory space within a memory store that includes: generating a header having an address representing the location of the memory space in the memory store, and a seed value; generating a set of values using the seed value; storing the header and the set of values in the memory space; retrieving data from the memory space; generating a new seed value using the set of values; and comparing the new seed value with the seed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: BiTMICRO Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross H. Bruce
  • Method and apparatus for testing a storage device
    Publication number: 20020095623
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method of writing test data in a memory space within a memory store and includes: generating a header having an address representing the location of the memory space in the memory store, and a seed value; generating test data using the seed value; and storing the header and the test data in the memory space. Another embodiment of the present invention pertains to a method of testing a memory space within a memory store that includes: generating a header having an address representing the location of the memory space in the memory store, and a seed value; generating a set of values using the seed value; storing the header and the set of values in the memory space; retrieving data from the memory space; generating a new seed value using the set of values; and comparing the new seed value with the seed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Ross H. Bruce