Patents by Inventor Steve G. Bard

Steve G. Bard 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).

  • Data compression and management
    Patent number: 9696910
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data compression and management. A number of methods include receiving a number of data segments corresponding to a managed unit amount of data, determining a respective compressibility of each of the number of data segments, compressing each of the number of data segments in accordance with its respective determined compressibility, forming a compressed managed unit that includes compressed and/or uncompressed data segments corresponding to the number of data segments corresponding to the managed unit amount of data, and forming a page of data that comprises at least the compressed managed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy A. Manning, Troy D. Larsen, Martin L. Culley, Jeffrey L. Meader, Steve G. Bard, Dean C. Eyres
  • DATA COMPRESSION AND MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160018993
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data compression and management. A number of methods include receiving a number of data segments corresponding to a managed unit amount of data, determining a respective compressibility of each of the number of data segments, compressing each of the number of data segments in accordance with its respective determined compressibility, forming a compressed managed unit that includes compressed and/or uncompressed data segments corresponding to the number of data segments corresponding to the managed unit amount of data, and forming a page of data that comprises at least the compressed managed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Troy A. Manning, Troy D. Larsen, Martin L. Culley, Jeffrey L. Meader, Steve G. Bard, Dean C. Eyres
  • Data compression and management
    Patent number: 9148172
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data compression and management. A number of methods include receiving a number of data segments corresponding to a managed unit amount of data, determining a respective compressibility of each of the number of data segments, compressing each of the number of data segments in accordance with its respective determined compressibility, forming a compressed managed unit that includes compressed and/or uncompressed data segments corresponding to the number of data segments corresponding to the managed unit amount of data, and forming a page of data that comprises at least the compressed managed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy A. Manning, Troy D. Larsen, Martin L. Culley, Jeffrey L. Meader, Steve G. Bard, Dean C. Eyres
  • DATA COMPRESSION AND MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20130342375
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data compression and management. A number of methods include receiving a number of data segments corresponding to a managed unit amount of data, determining a respective compressibility of each of the number of data segments, compressing each of the number of data segments in accordance with its respective determined compressibility, forming a compressed managed unit that includes compressed and/or uncompressed data segments corresponding to the number of data segments corresponding to the managed unit amount of data, and forming a page of data that comprises at least the compressed managed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy A. Manning, Troy D. Larsen, Martin L. Culley, Jeffrey L. Meader, Steve G. Bard, Dean C. Eyres