Patents by Inventor Todd D. Yogi

Todd D. Yogi 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).

  • Aligning data storage device partition to boundary of physical data sector
    Patent number: 8285965
    Abstract: A method of aligning a partition of a data storage device to a boundary of a physical data sector is disclosed. The data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of physical data sectors, wherein each physical data sector comprises a plurality of logical data sectors. A partition map is read from the non-volatile memory, wherein the partition map identifies a partition comprising a number of logical data sectors. A number of logical data sectors in each physical data sector is determined. Whether at least part of the partition aligns with a boundary of a physical data sector is determined. When at least part of the partition does not align with a boundary of a physical data sector, at least part of the partition is moved to align at least part of the partition to a boundary of a physical data sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Karr, Theodore E. Deffenbaugh, Todd D. Yogi
  • ALIGNING DATA STORAGE DEVICE PARTITION TO BOUNDARY OF PHYSICAL DATA SECTOR
    Publication number: 20110125977
    Abstract: A method of aligning a partition of a data storage device to a boundary of a physical data sector is disclosed. The data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of physical data sectors, wherein each physical data sector comprises a plurality of logical data sectors. A partition map is read from the non-volatile memory, wherein the partition map identifies a partition comprising a number of logical data sectors. A number of logical data sectors in each physical data sector is determined. Whether at least part of the partition aligns with a boundary of a physical data sector is determined. When at least part of the partition does not align with a boundary of a physical data sector, at least part of the partition is moved to align at least part of the partition to a boundary of a physical data sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher P. Karr, Theodore E. Deffenbaugh, Todd D. Yogi