Patents by Inventor Ryan C. Weidemann

Ryan C. Weidemann 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).

  • Garbage collection of a storage device
    Patent number: 10719439
    Abstract: A method operable with the storage device includes determining a workload to the storage device based on host Input/Output (I/O) requests to the storage device. When the workload is above a threshold, a first portion of the storage device is selected for garbage collection based on the I/O requests. Otherwise, when the workload is below the threshold, a second different portion of the storage device is selected for garbage collection based on a storage ability of the second portion of the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ryan James Goss, Siddhartha K. Panda, Daniel J. Benjamin, Ryan C. Weidemann
  • GARBAGE COLLECTION OF A STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190073297
    Abstract: A method operable with the storage device includes determining a workload to the storage device based on host Input/Output (I/O) requests to the storage device. When the workload is above a threshold, a first portion of the storage device is selected for garbage collection based on the I/O requests. Otherwise, when the workload is below the threshold, a second different portion of the storage device is selected for garbage collection based on a storage ability of the second portion of the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan James Goss, Siddhartha K. Panda, Daniel J. Benjamin, Ryan C. Weidemann