Patents by Inventor TeckHock Ng

TeckHock Ng 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).

  • Retrieval of a single complete copy from multiple stored copies of information
    Patent number: 6941488
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for retrieving a single complete copy from multiple stored copies is provided. Information of each of the multiple stored copies is contained in a different set of sectors on disc surfaces in a disc storage system. Each different set of sectors can include at least one defective sector from which information is not recoverable. One copy from the multiple stored copies from which information is recoverable is selected. Defective sectors in the selected copy are identified. Replacement sectors are located from the multiple stored copies other than the selected copy. Information from the selected copy is merged with information from the replacement sectors to form the single complete copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: TeckHock Ng, SweeKieong Choo, YongPeng Chng, Steven TianChye Cheok, Wesley WingHung Chan
  • Retrieval of a single complete copy from multiple stored copies of information
    Publication number: 20020032881
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for retrieving a single complete copy from multiple stored copies is provided. Information of each of the multiple stored copies is contained in a different set of sectors on disc surfaces in a disc storage system. Each different set of sectors can include at least one defective sector from which information is not recoverable. One copy from the multiple stored copies from which information is recoverable is selected. Defective sectors in the selected copy are identified. Replacement sectors are located from the multiple stored copies other than the selected copy. Information from the selected copy is merged with information from the replacement sectors to form the single complete copy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: TeckHock Ng, SweeKieong Choo, YongPeng Chng, Steven TianChye Cheok, Wesley WingHung Chan