40th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170285924 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PLAY PROGRESS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for adjusting play progress is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a first drag instruction of a user acted on a progress bar of a player, and adjusting the play progress to a first time point corresponding to an end position of the first drag instruction according to the first drag instruction; when the first drag instruction is ended, generating a sub-progress bar at the end position of the first drag instruction, the sub-progress bar corresponding to a multimedia segment within a preset duration before and after the first time point; and receiving a first drag instruction of the user acted on the sub-progress bar, and adjusting the play progress to a second time point corresponding to an end position of the second drag instruction according to the second drag instruction. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285925 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATIONAL SOCIAL COMMUNICATION - Exemplary embodiments relate to a device for generational social communication, including a media contents processor configured to receive media content and additional information associated with the media content from a social network service (SNS) server and display the same on display, a user option provider configured to provide at least one user-selectable option for the media content on the display, and a user option launcher configured to launch a selected user-selectable option when the user-selectable option is selected by a user, and a method for generational social communication using the same. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285926 | Graphical User Interface - A user interface includes a touch-sensitive display and a display control unit for controlling the display. A method for controlling a household appliance using the graphical user interface includes the steps of: displaying a first graphical representation on the display, the first graphical representation including symbols, each symbol being associated with an appliance subunit of the household appliance; when a symbol is touched by a touching means, transmitting control signals from the control unit to the display to change the first graphical representation into a second graphical representation; displaying information regarding a change of a setting value of the appliance entity associated with the touched symbol when the touching means is dragged from a first position to a second position at the display; and changing the graphical representation at the display from the second graphical representation to a third graphical representation when lifting the touching means from the display. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285927 | HOST APPLICATIONS OF MODULAR ASSEMBLY SYSTEM - A method for providing host instructions to a control module of a modular assembly system is provided. A graphical programming environment including sets of first and second graphical representations is presented to a user. Each first graphical representation corresponds to a statement block comprising a parameter. Each second graphical representation corresponds to one of assembly modules associated with a property. A user is facilitated to select at least one of the first graphical representations and provide values to the parameter of each selected first graphical representation. The user is facilitated to provide values to the property of one or more of the second graphical representations. Based on at least the selected first and second graphical representations and the provided values thereof, a set of host instructions are generated. The set of host instructions are transmitted to the control module for controlling operation of the assembly modules. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285928 | SHARED FOLDER BACKED INTEGRATED WORKSPACES - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285929 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND RELATED METHOD - A graphical user interface that is embodied in a computer-readable medium for execution on a computer, and configured for processing of an image that is displayed on a screen. The graphical user interface includes an original version of a control element, and a blurred version of the control element. The blurred version of the control element is superimposed over the image on the screen, and the original version of the control element is superimposed over the blurred version of the control element on the screen. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285930 | DOCUMENT CONTENT REPLAY - Incremental replay of content in an electronic workspace canvas is provided. Content can be selected for replay. Replay of the content can be played forward or backward to hide or reveal content. Interaction with and adding or modifying content is enabled while it is being replayed. Annotations may be added to the replayed content and set for display at specific times or positions during the replay order. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285931 | OPERATING VISUAL USER INTERFACE CONTROLS WITH INK COMMANDS - A facility enabling a user to operate visual user interface controls with ink commands is described. The facility causes to be displayed a control operable with mouse input, and receives an ink command directed to the displayed control. In response, the facility operates the displayed control in accordance with the received ink command. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285932 | Ink Input for Browser Navigation - Techniques for ink input for browser navigation are described. Generally, ink refers to freehand input to a touch-sensing functionality and/or a functionality for sensing touchless gestures, which is interpreted as digital ink. According to various embodiments, ink input for browser navigation provides a seamless integration of an ink input canvas with a web browser graphical user interface (“GUI”) to enable intuitive input of network addresses (e.g., web addresses) via ink input. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285933 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication processor configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to display a first content containing an input field region on the touch screen, display a virtual keypad on the first content for inputting information into the input field, in response to a first touch input applied to the virtual keypad exceeding a reference pressure, increase a transparency of the displayed virtual keypad so as to display a screen layered below the virtual keypad, and in response to a second touch input applied to the screen, limit an input of a control command to a key of the virtual keypad and control the displayed screen based on the second touch input. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285934 | DEVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an electronic device, user input comprising a predetermined gesture; determining, using a processor, a first set of coordinates associated with the predetermined gesture; receiving, after the user input, another user input comprising the predetermined gesture at the electronic device; determining, using a processor, a second set of coordinates associated with the predetermined gesture of the another user input, wherein the second set of coordinates is different than the first set of coordinates; comparing the first and second sets of coordinates; and determining, based on the comparing, an offset between the first and second set of coordinates. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285935 | LETTER INPUT METHOD USING TOUCHSCREEN - A letter input method using a touch screen allows an input action of a user to be recognized using basic slip actions in four directions perpendicular to each other and consecutive slip actions expansively consecutive therefrom, and a consecutive slip action is configured as a combination of actions slipping in a direction not overlapping with a former slip direction. Thus, each slip action may be clearly distinguished to fundamentally solve problems such as erroneous input, duplicated recognition caused by gestures (slips) performed at a border line, erroneous recognition or the like, thereby greatly improving the efficiency in inputting letters and also realizing an action recognition algorithm more conveniently and easily. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285936 | LASER PROJECTOR AND CAMERA - An optical system including multiple lenses to receive respective laser beams, and including a combiner (an optical device) to receive the laser beams from the multiple lenses and to combine the laser beams into a single beam. The optical assembly includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror to reflect the single beam from the combiner and provide a reflected beam as an exit beam through a window to an object. The optical assembly includes a single-pixel photodetector to collect light reflected from the object. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285937 | SYSTEM USING ACCIDENT SCENARIO AND CODED SHORTCUT KEYS TO RAPIDLY AND INTERACTIVELY RESPOND TO VESSEL ACCIDENT - The present invention generally relates to a system using an accident scenario and coded short keys to rapidly and interactively respond to a vessel accident capable of effectively responding to the vessel accident by use of coded shortcut keys when a vessel accident occurs. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285938 | LATCHING DATA FOR OUTPUT AT AN EDGE OF A CLOCK SIGNAL GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN EDGE OF ANOTHER CLOCK SIGNAL - In an example, a method of operating a memory device to latch data for output from the memory device may include generating a first clock edge of a first clock signal in response to a first clock edge of a second clock signal, generating a second, opposite, clock edge of the first clock signal immediately following the first clock edge of the first clock signal in response to a second, opposite, clock edge of the second clock signal immediately following the first clock edge of the second clock signal, and latching the data in response to the second clock edge of the first clock signal for output from the memory device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285939 | GENERATING COMPRESSED DATA STREAMS WITH LOOKBACK PRE-FETCH INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRE-FETCHING DECOMPRESSED DATA FROM A LOOKBACK BUFFER - Aspects for generating compressed data streams with lookback pre-fetch instructions are disclosed. A data compression system is provided and configured to receive and compress an uncompressed data stream as part of a lookback-based compression scheme. The data compression system determines if a current data block was previously compressed. If so, the data compression system is configured to insert a lookback instruction corresponding to the current data block into the compressed data stream. Each lookback instruction includes a lookback buffer index that points to an entry in a lookback buffer where decompressed data corresponding to the data block will be stored during a separate decompression scheme. Once the data blocks have been compressed, the data compression system is configured to move a lookback buffer index of each lookback instruction in the compressed data stream into a lookback pre-fetch instruction located earlier than the corresponding lookback instruction in the compressed data stream. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285940 | OUT OF ORDER READ TRANSFER WITH HOST MEMORY BUFFER - A storage device may utilize a host memory buffer for re-ordering commands in a submission queue. Out of order commands in a submission queue that uses host virtual buffers that are not the same size may be difficult to search. Accordingly, commands in a submission queue may be correctly ordered in a host memory buffer before being put into the host virtual buffers. When the commands are in order, the search operation for specific data is improved. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285941 | READ DELIVERY FOR MEMORY SUBSYSTEM WITH NARROW BANDWIDTH REPEATER CHANNEL - A system includes a repeater architecture for reads where memory connects to a host for with one bandwidth, and repeats the channel with a lower bandwidth. A memory circuit includes a first group of read signal lines to couple point-to-point between a first group of memory devices and a host device. The memory circuit includes a second, smaller group of read signal lines to couple point-to-point between the first group of memory devices and a second group of memory devices, to extend the memory channel to the second group of memory devices. The memory circuit includes a repeater to share read bandwidth between the first and second groups of memory devices, with up to a portion of the bandwidth for reads to the second group of memory devices, and at least an amount equal to the bandwidth less the portion for reads to the first group of memory devices. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285942 | MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING MEMORY CONTROLLER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A memory system may include a memory device suitable for storing data requested from a host, and a controller suitable for generating information on the data and transmitting/receiving the data and the information to/from the memory device through first and second data buses, respectively, during a first operation mode, or for transmitting/receiving the data to/from the memory device through one of the first and second data buses based on the data size, during a second operation mode. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285943 | BALANCING SSD WEAR IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS - A technique for use in balancing flash drive wear in data storage systems is disclosed. multiple sets of flash drives are identified where data is stored as multiple slices striped across the set of flash drives. A write rate at which data will be written to the multiple slices stored on the set of flash drives during a next time interval is predicted. A number of bytes that can be written to each set of flash drives is determined. A metric representative of a wear rate is determined for each set of flash drives. Flash drive wear rate is balanced such that the wear rate for each of the multiple is approximately equal. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285944 | PERFORM READ OR WRITE ON A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY HAVING A PENDING READ OR WRITE BASED ON TEMPERATURE THEREOF - A memory system includes a plurality of non-volatile memories, one or more temperature sensors each of which is disposed in or adjacent to one of the non-volatile memories, and a controller. The controller is configured to maintain a temperature increase amount and a reference temperature for each of the non-volatile memories, and select one of the non-volatile memories having a pending command as a next memory to be accessed based on a current temperature, the temperature increase amount, and the reference temperature of the selected non-volatile memory, and access the selected non-volatile memory to perform the pending command. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285945 | THROTTLING FOR A MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory system and an operating method thereof include: a memory device; and a memory controller including a processor, coupled to the memory device, containing instructions executed by the processor, and configured to provide sets of throttling numbers, select a throttling mode, calculate a garbage collection (GC)/HOST ratio based on at least a part of invalid count of garbage collection (GC) blocks and valid count of BGC blocks, and adjust throttling parameters of commands in accordance with the GC/HOST ratio and a number of erased blocks. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285946 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NETWORK FOR STORING A DATA OBJECT BASED ON STORAGE REQUIREMENTS - A distributed storage network (DSN) includes a user device and a plurality of DSN memories, wherein each of the DSN memories includes a plurality of storage units. The user device includes at least one network interface to the plurality of DSN memories and at least one processing module that is operable to determine one of the plurality of DSN memories for storing a data object based on a comparison of one or more storage requirements of the data object and one or more DSN attributes of the plurality of DSN memories. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285947 | Apparatus, System, And Method Of Logical Address Translation For Non-Volatile Storage Memory - A fast and lean way of performing logical-to-physical address translation is presented. A logical address is divided into a most significant bits portion and a least significant bits portion. Instead of using the entire logical address to locate an entry in an address translation table, only the most significant bits portion of the logical address is used, which substantially reduces the size of the address translation table. The entry includes a most significant bits portion of a physical volatile memory address and a most significant bits portion of a physical non-volatile memory address. The actual physical volatile memory address and the actual physical non-volatile memory address can be derived by combining the most significant bits portions of the addresses stored in the address translation table entry with the least significant bits portion of the logical address. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATA IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - Methods and systems for managing data storage in a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. The method may include receiving data, determining a data classification for the received data from a predetermined plurality of data classifications, writing the received data to an open block having only data of a same data classification as the determined data classification and, upon completely programming the open block, associating an epoch indicator where the epoch indicator defines a time period within which the block was created. When a block reclaim trigger is detected, only data within a same data classification and epoch may be reclaimed. An incrementing epoch indicator identifies a predetermined time granularity and is assigned to data such that earlier data and newer data are distinguishable. A system to implement the method may include a non-volatile memory and a controller configured to track and apply epoch and data-type classification information for data. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285949 | SEARCH AND REPLACE OPERATIONS IN A MEMORY DEVICE - Technology for an apparatus is described. The apparatus can include a memory and a storage controller. The storage controller can be configured to receive a search command with one or more parameters that instructs the storage controller to search for a data pattern in data stored in the memory. The storage controller can be configured to search the data stored in the memory for the data pattern according to the one or more parameters included in the search command. The storage controller can be configured to locally search the data in the memory for the data pattern without transferring the data to a processor to perform the search. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285950 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided herein is a semiconductor memory device and an operating method thereof. The semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The memory cell array may include a plurality of memory blocks. The peripheral circuit may perform a program operation or read operation on a selected memory block of the memory cell array. The control logic may select between a first program method and a second program method depending on program mode information for the selected memory block, and may control the peripheral circuit to perform the program operation on the selected memory block using the selected program method. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285951 | PACKED ROW REPRESENTATION FOR EFFICIENT NETWORK SERIALIZATION WITH DIRECT COLUMN INDEXING IN A NETWORK SWITCH - A method for operating a network element includes obtaining a write request that specifies a variable length data. The method includes identifying a row of a table based on the write request. The method includes processing the row to identify an empty portion of a variable length data storage portion of the row. The method includes determining an offset that that specifies the location of the empty portion. The method includes storing the offset and a length of the variable length data in a fixed length storage element of the fixed length data storage portion. The method includes storing the variable length data in the empty portion of the variable length data storage portion. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUASI-COMPACTING GARBAGE COLLECTION - A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a plurality of used chunks, wherein the plurality of used chunks may include a plurality of free blocks and at least one non-free block. A capacity of the plurality of free blocks that is available to reclaim may be verified. The capacity of the plurality of free blocks may be reclaimed. A composite chunk from the plurality of free blocks may be created. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285953 | Data Storage Device and Data Maintenance Method thereof - The present invention provides a data storage device including a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory has a plurality of first type spare blocks and a plurality of second type spare blocks, wherein the second type spare blocks are capable to store more data volume than the first type spare blocks. The controller writes data into the first type spare blocks, defines the first type spare blocks as first type data blocks if stored with data. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller starts to move/copy valid data of a plurality of oldest first type data blocks into one of the second type spare blocks. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285954 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA MAINTENANCE METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a data storage device including a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory has a plurality of SLC-spare blocks, a plurality of SLC-data blocks, a plurality of TLC-spare blocks and a plurality of TLC-data blocks. The controller writes data into the SLC-spare blocks in response to a write command arranged to write the data into the flash memory, wherein when a first predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller selects a plurality of first TLC-data blocks with the least amount of valid data from the TLC-data blocks, writes valid data stored in the first TLC-data blocks into at least one first TLC-spare block, and releases the TLC-data blocks to increase the number of TLC-spare blocks by one. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285955 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A data array to be stored is first divided into a plurality of blocks. Each block is further sub-divided into a set of sub-blocks. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285956 | Storage Space Management Method and Apparatus - A storage space management method and apparatus, where the method and apparatus are applied to a non-volatile memory (NVM). In a feature set that includes M image features of M idle blocks in storage space of the NVM, an idle block whose image feature is highly similar to an image feature of data to be written into the NVM is determined such that the data is written into the idle block. In this way, wear and energy consumption problems are considered during storage space allocation, and a write operation of an idle block in storage space of an NVM can consume less energy, thereby extending a life span of the NVM and reducing write operation energy consumption. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285957 | MULTIPLE MEMORY RANK SYSTEM AND SELECTION METHOD THEREOF - A multiple memory rank selection method and system assigns, based at least in part on decoding an assignment signal in a second command/address signal, a first terminal of a memory device to receive a first command/address signal and a second terminal of the memory device to receive the second command/address signal or assigns the first terminal of the memory device to receive the second command/address signal and the second terminal of the memory device to receive the first command/address signal. The multiple memory selection method and system decodes a selection signal encoded in the first command/address signal and enables the memory device based at least in part on the assignment signal and the selection signal. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285958 | PROVIDING ACCESS TO VIRTUAL SEQUENTIAL ACCESS VOLUME - A computer-implemented method for providing access to plural virtual sequential access volumes by using random access media, includes: accepting an operation for writing first data to a specific virtual sequential access volume of the plural virtual sequential access volumes; and storing a first file including the first data in the random access media, the first file being separate from a second file including second data stored in the random access media in response to an operation for writing the second data to the specific virtual sequential access volume. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285959 | MEMORY COPY INSTRUCTIONS, PROCESSORS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - A processor includes a decode unit to decode a memory copy instruction that indicates a start of a source memory operand, a start of a destination memory operand, and an initial amount of data to be copied from the source memory operand to the destination memory operand. An execution unit, in response to the memory copy instruction, is to copy a first portion of data from the source memory operand to the destination memory operand before an interruption. A descending copy direction is to be used when the source and destination memory operands overlap. In response to the interruption, when the descending copy direction is used, the execution unit is to store a remaining amount of data to be copied, but is not to indicate a different start of the source memory operand, and is not to indicate a different start of the destination memory operand. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285960 | HARDWARE APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MEMORY COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - Methods and apparatuses relating to memory compression and decompression are described. In one embodiment, a hardware compression engine is to determine when each section of a plurality of sections of a block of data is a zero value, a full match or a partial match to an entry in a dictionary, or a no match to any entry in the dictionary, encode a tag for each section to indicate the one of the zero value, the full match, the partial match, and the no match, encode a literal when the section is the no match, an index to the entry in the dictionary when the section is the full match, and an index to the entry in the dictionary and non-matching bits when the section is the partial match, and update an entry in the dictionary with a value of a section when the section is the no match. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285961 | 3D STACKABLE HYBRID PHASE CHANGE MEMORY WITH IMPROVED ENDURANCE AND NON-VOLATILITY - Systems and methods for using PCM to implement a non-volatile memory solution characterized by high density, high capacity, enhanced endurance, and low power consumption are described. The PCM memory solutions described are thousands of time faster than NAND flash memory, and the endurance thereof is improved significantly compared to traditional PCM implementations. The frequency with which data is written to PCM is controlled to extend the useful life of the PCM. This is accomplished using assisting memories such as DRAM and NAND flash, for example, to adjust the time interval between subsequent PCM write operations. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285962 | Congestion Mitigation in a Distributed Storage System - A system comprises a plurality of computing devices that are communicatively coupled via a network and have a file system distributed among them, and comprises one or more file system request buffers residing on one or more of the plurality of computing devices. File system choking management circuitry that resides on one or more of the plurality of computing devices is operable to separately control: a first rate at which a first type of file system requests (e.g., one of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers, and a second rate at which a second type of file system requests (e.g., another of data requests, data read requests, data write requests, metadata requests, metadata read requests, and metadata write requests) are fetched from the one or more buffers. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285963 | METHODS FOR SHARING NVM SSD ACROSS A CLUSTER GROUP AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with sharing non-volatile memory solid state drives across a cluster group includes receiving a request for a block of storage in a non-volatile memory solid state drive in one of the plurality of non-volatile memory disk shelves. Information associated with each of a plurality of solid state drives in the plurality of non-volatile memory disk shelves associated with the received request is obtained. A namespace for each of the plurality of solid state drives in the plurality of non-volatile memory disk shelves using the obtained information is created. The requested block of storage in the non-volatile memory solid state drive associated with one of the created namespace is assigned to the requesting client computing device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285964 | TUNING MEMORY ACROSS DATABASE CLUSTERS FOR DISTRIBUTED QUERY STABILITY - A method for optimizing query compilation by tuning memory across a database cluster is provided. The method may include receiving, by a global memory tuner, memory configuration information from a plurality of nodes within the database cluster. The method may also include determining a node within the plurality of nodes having a least available memory value relative to a remainder of nodes within the plurality of nodes based on the received memory configuration information. The method may then include calculating a globally tuned memory value based on a memory value associated with the determined node. The method may further include determining a memory distribution based on the calculated globally tuned memory value. The method may also include sending the determined memory distribution to the plurality of nodes. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285965 | TUNING MEMORY ACROSS DATABASE CLUSTERS FOR DISTRIBUTED QUERY STABILITY - A method for optimizing query compilation by tuning memory across a database cluster is provided. The method may include receiving, by a global memory tuner, memory configuration information from a plurality of nodes within the database cluster. The method may also include determining a node within the plurality of nodes having a least available memory value relative to a remainder of nodes within the plurality of nodes based on the received memory configuration information. The method may then include calculating a globally tuned memory value based on a memory value associated with the determined node. The method may further include determining a memory distribution based on the calculated globally tuned memory value. The method may also include sending the determined memory distribution to the plurality of nodes. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285966 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING COMPRESSIBILITY OF DATA - Systems and methods for predicting the compressibility of data in a flash storage device are provided. One such method involves extracting byte intervals from the block of data, each of the byte intervals consisting of a preselected number of bytes, performing a hash function to map the byte intervals into a plurality of bins, the plurality of bins comprising one bin for each possible value of the byte intervals, incrementing a hit count each time more than one of the byte intervals is mapped into a single bin of the plurality of bins, and determining whether to compress the block of data based on a comparison of a ratio of the hit count to a total number of the byte intervals and a preselected threshold. This method may be implemented in hardware to ensure fast and efficient execution. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285967 | MULTI-WARE SMART SSD - A solid state drive (SSD) includes a first memory; a second memory of a different type than the first memory; a third memory of a different type than the first memory and of a different type than the second memory; and a weight determiner for determining a weightage of externally supplied data, prior to storing the data in any of the first memory, the second memory, or the third memory, and for assigning the data to one of the first memory, the second memory, or the third memory based on the determined weightage. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285968 | FLASH-BASED ACCELERATOR AND COMPUTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - In a flash-based accelerator, a flash-based non-volatile memory stores data in pages, and a buffer subsystem stores data in words or bytes. An accelerator controller manages data movement between the flash-based non-volatile memory and the buffer subsystem. A plurality of processors processes data stored in the buffer subsystem. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285969 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM ERASE-SUSPEND OPERATIONS IN MEMORY DEVICES - A disclosed example to use an erase-suspend feature with a memory device includes sending, by a memory host controller, an erase-suspend enable setting and an erase segment duration value to the memory device. The erase-suspend enable setting is to cause the memory device to perform an erase operation as a plurality of erase segments and to suspend the erase operation between the erase segments. The erase segment duration value is to specify a length of time for the erase segments. The memory host controller initiates an erase operation to be performed at the memory device. When the erase operation is suspended, the memory host controller initiates a second memory operation to be performed at the memory device. After the memory host controller determines that the second memory operation is complete, the memory host controller initiates resumption of the erase operation. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285970 | Information Handling System Persistent Storage Device Life Management - A portable information handling system solid state storage device monitors thermal conditions to more accurately track program/erase cycles. The program/erase count maintained by the solid state drive is adjusted upward or downward as deviations from a threshold thermal condition warrants. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285971 | HOTNESS BASED DATA STORAGE FOR FACILITATING GARBAGE COLLECTION - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to hotness based data storage for facilitating garbage collection. For target data to be stored into a flash drive, hotness of the target is determined, which indicates an expected update frequency of the target data. Then the in-use blocks in the flash drive are searched for a matching block for storing the target data, such that hotness of data being stored in the matching block matches the hotness of the target data. If no matching block is found, a free block is selected for storing the target data. The selection of the free block is based on the hotness of the target data and a degree of wear of the free block. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285972 | MANAGING SSD WRITE QUOTAS IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS - A technique for use in balancing flash drive wear in data storage systems is disclosed. multiple sets of flash drives are identified where data is stored as multiple slices striped across the set of flash drives. A write rate at which data will be written to the multiple slices stored on the set of flash drives during a next time interval is predicted. A number of bytes that can be written to each set of flash drives is determined. A wear metric representative of a wear rate is determined for each set of flash drives. A write quota and an interval period is determined for one or more sets of flash drives. If the wear metric exceeds the write quota for one or more sets of flash drives during the time interval, reduce the wear rate for the one or more sets of flash drives. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285973 | MANAGING SSD WEAR RATE IN HYBRID STORAGE ARRAYS - A technique for use in balancing flash drive wear in data storage systems is disclosed. Multiple sets of flash drives are identified where data is stored as multiple slices striped across the set of flash drives. A write rate at which data will be written to the multiple slices stored on the set of flash drives during a next time interval is predicted. A number of bytes that can be written to each set of flash drives is determined. A metric representative of a wear rate is determined for each set of flash drives. HDD relocation candidates are identified and a relocation process to relocate identified slices initiated. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285974 | Procedures, Methods and Systems for Computer Data Storage Security - This patent covers a new paradigm for securely storing data by placing it in a data storage medium in non-sequential quasi randomly mapped series of data blocks that cannot be located without the aid of the microcomputer or computer controlling system and program. It contains a new method of encoding data by entangling the intermixed data bits of each symbol with a larger number of data bits in a storage field. It also normally utilizes a microprocessor, microcontroller, or computer, which actively controls the entanglement as well as the location of data within a data storage medium, which may have multiple access points for the reading, and writing of data to and from the storage medium. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285975 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANAGING IMMUTABLE DATA ON A DATA STORAGE DEVICE - Technologies for managing immutable data include a data storage device having a data storage controller and memory for storing data. The data storage controller may receive requests from a host of the data storage device to mark data stored in the memory as immutable. In response to the request, the data storage controller is configured to set an immutable flag associated with the identified data to mark the identified data as immutable. The immutable flag, when set, provides an indication that the associated data is unmodifiable. In some embodiments, the data storage device may also compact and/or move the immutable data to an immutable memory region of the memory. Technologies to mark the immutable data as mutable, write to the immutable data, and delete or trim the immutable data are also disclosed. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285976 | CONVOLUTIONAL MEMORY INTEGRITY - Apparatus, systems, computer readable storage mediums and/or methods may provide memory integrity by using unused physical address bits (or other metadata passed through cache) to manipulate cryptographic memory integrity values, allowing software memory allocation routines to control the assignment of pointers (e.g., implement one or more access control policies). Unused address bits (e.g., because of insufficient external memory) passed through cache, may encode key domain information in the address so that different key domain addresses alias to the same physical memory location. Accordingly, by mixing virtual memory mappings and cache line granularity aliasing, any page in memory may contain a different set of aliases at the cache line level and be non-deterministic to an adversary. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285977 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE A PROCESS UNDER A MEMORY CONSTRAINT - Methods and apparatus to manage a process under a memory constraint are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting that a process is to transition from a foreground mode of operation to a background mode of operation. Without transitioning the process to the background mode of operation, a projected out of memory score is calculated. Without transitioning the process to the background mode of operation, the projected out of memory score is compared to a score threshold. Without transitioning the process to the background mode of operation, the process is terminated when the projected out of memory score is greater than the score threshold. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285978 | MULTI-TIER FILE SYSTEM WITH TRANSPARENT HOLES - The technology disclosed includes access to content and encryption key rotation in a multi-generational file system that has a first tier file, and automatically initializes a second tier file accessible using a same path and file name as the first tier file. The disclosed technology includes copying forward blocks of data from the first tier file to the second tier file, and prior to completion of the copying forward, responding to an access request by accessing the second tier file by providing data available from the second tier file that has been copied forward and by following links associated with the holes to access blocks in the first tier file to provide data from the first tier file. The first tier files are encrypted using a first encryption key; and applying a second encryption key to encrypt data in the second tier files during the copying forward and write access. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285979 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving, on a virtualized storage platform from a virtualized computing platform, one or more XCOPY commands. Each of the one or more XCOPY commands concerns the copying of data from a first storage object. The virtualized storage platform is enabled to control the execution of the one or more XCOPY commands. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285980 | ALLOCATING DATA BASED ON MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMANCE IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes generating a request for mapping parameters for transmission a storage unit in a dispersed storage network (DSN) and receiving mapping parameter data in response. Namespace mapping data is generated, indicating a mapping of possible slice names to a plurality of memory devices of the storage unit by performing a first deterministic mapping function based on the mapping parameter data. Slice name subset data is generated, indicating a subset of the possible slice names based on a health status indicators corresponding to the plurality of memory devices. A slice name corresponding to a first encoded slice of a first data object is selected from the subset indicated by the slice name subset data. A first write request that includes the first encoded slice is generated for transmission via the network to the storage unit. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285981 | FAULT-TOLERANT AND HIGHLY-AVAILABLE CONFIGURATION OF DISTRIBUTED SERVICES - Fault-tolerant and highly available configuration of distributed services including a computer-implemented method for distributed task orchestration. The method includes setting a watch on a first key in a first replica of a distributed configuration store and setting a value of a second key in a second replica of the distributed configuration store where the value of the second key indicates that a first sub-task of a distributed task is successfully complete. The value of the second key is received based on the watch set on the first key and execution of the second sub-tasks is initiated based on receiving the value of the second key. Also disclosed are techniques for service lifecycle management. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285982 | FAULT-TOLERANT AND HIGHLY-AVAILABLE CONFIGURATION OF DISTRIBUTED SERVICES - Fault-tolerant and highly available configuration of distributed services including a computer-implemented method for role-based configuration discovery comprising receiving a request comprising an identifier of a role; identifying a first key, in a replica of a distributed configuration store, comprising a first value that matches the role identifier; identifying one or more other key-value pairs associated in the replica with the first key; and returning a response to an entity that sent the request comprising the value of at least one key-value pair that is specific to the role the service has. Also disclosed are techniques for log forwarding. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285983 | STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - In some embodiments, a storage system may include, but is not limited to, a master volume, one or more link volumes, a master data read frequency determination unit, a load state determination unit, a copy target determination unit, a copy destination determination unit, and a copy controller. The copy target determination unit determines copy target data in the data stored in the master volume on the basis of the read frequency when the load state determination unit determines that the master volume is in a high load state. The copy destination determination unit determines at least one of the one or more link volumes as a copy destination link volume of the copy target data on the basis of the load state of each of the one or more link volumes. The copy controller copies the copy target data into the copy destination link volume. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285984 | System and Method for Enabling High Read Rates to Data Element Lists - A memory system for a network device is described. The memory system includes a main memory configured to store one or more data elements. Further, the memory system includes a link memory that is configured to maintain one or more pointers to interconnect the one or more data elements stored in the main memory. The memory system also includes a free-entry manager that is configured to generate an available bank set including one or more locations in the link memory. In addition, the memory system includes a context manager that is configured to maintain metadata for a list of the one or more data elements. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285985 | PROVIDING SERVICE ADDRESS SPACE FOR DIAGNOSTICS COLLECTION - A method and technique are provided for providing a service address space. The method includes providing a service co-processor with a service address space attached to a main processor. The main processor is provided with a main address space. Instructions that modify the main address space are intercepted, storage delta packets are generated based on intercepted instructions, and the storage delta packets are sent to a service co-processor maintaining a service address space. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285986 | SECURE MEMORY CONTROLLER - Methods and apparatus for a secure memory controller. The secure memory controller includes circuitry and logic that is programmed to prevent malicious code from overwrite protected regions of system memory. The memory controller observes memory access patterns and trains itself to identify thread stacks and addresses relating to the thread stacks including stack-frame pointers and return addresses. In one aspect, the memory controller prevents a return address from being overwritten until a proper return from a function call is detected. The memory controller is also configured to prevent malicious code from overwriting page table entries (PTEs) in page tables. Pages containing PTEs are identified, and access is prevented to the PTEs from user-mode code. The PTEs are also scanned to detect corrupted PTEs resulting from bit manipulation by malicious code. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285987 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE RUN-TIME PROTECTIONS USING IMMUTABLE REGIONS OF MEMORY - Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for determining a region of the memory for which to store information, inserting the information into the region of the memory, and applying one or more characteristics to the region of the memory via an instruction set architecture (ISA) operation, the one or more characteristics comprising an immutable characteristic to prevent modification of the information in the region of the memory. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285988 | MEMORY POWER COORDINATION - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to bank coordination in a memory device. A number of embodiments include a method comprising concurrently performing a memory operation by a threshold number of memory regions, and executing a command to cause a budget area to perform a power budget operation associated with the memory operation. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285989 | MEMORY APPARATUS AND ENERGY-SAVING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A memory apparatus and an energy-saving control method thereof are provided. The internal clock signal sent to a specific circuit group is stopped outputting when it is determined that no processing command is to be processed currently and current events are finished being processed, so as to reduce power consumption of a control chip. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285990 | TWO-STAGE READ/WRITE 3D ARCHITECTURE FOR MEMORY DEVICES - A memory device includes a first group of memory cells, a second group of memory cells, a third group of memory cells, and a fourth group of memory cells. A control circuit performs a first read/write operation during a first time interval by writing a first data value to the first group while concurrently reading a second data value from the second group. The control circuit performs a second read/write operation during a second time interval, which is after the first time interval, by writing a third data value to the third group while concurrently reading a fourth data value from the fourth group. The first and third data values are collectively made up of N-bits and collectively correspond to an N-bit input data word provided onto input pins of the memory device prior to the first time interval. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285991 | N PLANE TO 2N PLANE INTERFACE IN A SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSD) ARCHITECTURE - A solid state drive includes a controller with a hardware interface to fewer planes of memory cells than included in the nonvolatile storage. For example, a controller hardware interface can include a | 2017-10-05 |
20170285992 | MEMORY SUBSYSTEM WITH NARROW BANDWIDTH REPEATER CHANNEL - A system with memory includes a repeater architecture where memory connects to a host with one bandwidth, and repeats the channel with a lower bandwidth. A memory circuit includes a first group of signal lines to couple point-to-point between a first group of memory devices and a host device. The memory circuit includes a second group of signal lines to couple point-to-point between the first group of memory devices and a second group of memory devices. The second group of signal lines extends the memory channel to the second group of memory devices. The second group of signal lines includes fewer data signal lines than the first group of signal lines, to support a lower bandwidth than the first group of signal lines on the memory channel. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285993 | APPORTIONING STORAGE UNITS AMONGST STORAGE SITES IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method of apportioning storage units in a dispersed storage network (DSN) includes generating storage unit apportioning data indicating a mapping of a plurality of desired numbers of storage units to a plurality of storage sites based on site reliability data. The mapping includes a first desired number of storage units corresponding to a first one of the plurality of storage sites that is greater than a second desired number of storage units corresponding to a second one of the plurality of storage sites in response to the site reliability data indicating that a first reliability score corresponding to the first one of the plurality of storage sites is more favorable than a second reliability score corresponding to the second one of the plurality of storage sites. A plurality of storage units are allocated to the plurality of storage sites based on the storage unit apportioning data. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285994 | MAINTENANCE OF CLONED COMPUTER DATA - A method and associated systems for efficient management of cloned data. One or more processors create a “child” clone of a “parent” software image. The child and parent contain identical information organized into identical sets of file blocks. To conserve storage, each child block initially points to a physical storage location already in use by a corresponding parent block, rather than requiring additional storage of its own. The first time a child block is updated, however, it will require additional physical storage. At the time of the child's creation, the processors reserve a number of physical blocks sufficient to store the contents of all child file blocks likely to be updated. A child file block is identified as likely to be updated by analyzing past volatility of a corresponding file block of the parent or of corresponding file blocks of other children of the same parent. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285995 | UPDATING OF PINNED STORAGE IN FLASH BASED ON CHANGES TO FLASH-TO-DISK CAPACITY RATIO - Methods, systems, and programs are presented for managing a storage device memory. One method includes an operation for receiving a request to pin a volume stored in the storage device. The device includes disk storage and a solid state drive (SSD) cache, where pinned volumes in the storage device have all active volume data in the SSD cache. Further, the method includes an operation for determining the maximum amount of pinnable space in the SSD cache, the maximum amount of pinnable space being calculated based on the sizes of the disk storage and the SSD cache. Further, the method includes operations for determining the available pinning space, which is the maximum amount of pinnable space minus the current amount of pinned data in the SSD cache, and for granting the request to pin the volume when the available pinning space is greater than or equal to a size of the volume. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285996 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DATA UPDATES - In an embodiment, a method for re-programming memory is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves selecting a memory page based on version information and re-programming the selected memory page using cyclic redundancy check (CRC) data for the memory page. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285997 | LOCAL PRIMARY MEMORY AS CPU CACHE EXTENSION - A system may be provided comprising: a local primary memory; an interconnect; and a processor, the processor configured to cause, in response to a memory allocation request from an application, allocation of a region of an external primary memory included in a memory appliance, the external primary memory in the memory appliance accessible by the system over the interconnect with client-side memory access, wherein the client-side memory access is independent of a central processing unit of the memory appliance, wherein the external primary memory is memory that is external to the system and primary memory to the system, and wherein the processor is further configured to operate the local primary memory as a cache for data accessed in the external primary memory included in the memory appliance. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285998 | EFFICIENT MEMORY BANK DESIGN - In an aspect of the disclosure, a method and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a memory. The memory may include a first memory portion configured to store a first bit and generate a first data bit output. The first data bit output may be a function of the first bit when a first read enable is active. The memory may also include a second memory portion configured to store a second bit and generate a second data bit output. The second data bit output may be a function of the second bit when a second read enable is active. The memory may include a switch configured to select between the first and second bits for a read operation based on the first and second data bit outputs. | 2017-10-05 |
20170285999 | USING SEPARATE READ AND WRITE MEMORY DEVICES IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) receiving a write request from a user to store encoded data slices and identifying a plurality of memory devices associated with the user. The method continues with the processing module selecting one or more memory devices based on whether the memory devices are read memory devices, write memory devices or read/write memory devices. The processing module then stores the encoded data slices in the selected memory devices and upon receiving a read request for the encoded data slices determines whether the encoded data slices have been consolidated in one or more read memories and when the encoded data slices have not been consolidated in one or more read memories, recovers the encoded data slices from one or more write memories of the plurality of memory devices. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286000 | STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a storage device including a control chip and a plurality of memory chips. The control chip has an input buffer common to the control chip and the plurality of memory chips and electrically connected to an external terminal. A first transmission path going through the input buffer and a second transmission path not going through the input buffer are provided between the external terminal and the plurality of memory chips. In a first mode, the control chip enables the input buffer so as to activate the first transmission path and, in a second mode, disables the input buffer so as to activate the second transmission path. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286001 | PROVIDING MEMORY BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION USING COMPRESSION INDICATOR (CI) HINT DIRECTORIES IN A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)-BASED SYSTEM - Providing memory bandwidth compression using compression indicator (CI) hint directories in a central processing unit (CPU)-based system is disclosed. In this regard, a compressed memory controller provides a CI hint directory comprising a plurality of CI hint directory entries, each providing a plurality of CI hints. The compressed memory controller is configured to receive a memory read request comprising a physical address of a memory line, and initiate a memory read transaction comprising a requested read length value. The compressed memory controller is further configured to, in parallel with initiating the memory read transaction, determine whether the physical address corresponds to a CI hint directory entry in the CI hint directory. If so, the compressed memory controller reads a CI hint from the CI hint directory entry of the CI hint directory, and modifies the requested read length value of the memory read transaction based on the CI hint. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286002 | REGION-INTEGRATED DATA DEDUPLICATION - In one embodiment, a computer program product is configured for performing deduplication in conjunction with random read and write operations across a namespace divided into a plurality of disjoint regions. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, where the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. The program instructions are executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method including: maintaining a metadata structure for each of the plurality of disjoint regions via the respective region manager(s) of the plurality of disjoint regions, each metadata structure comprising metadata indicating a physical storage location of one or more data chunks associated with the respective region; and performing, by the computer, a deduplicated write operation of a first data chunk in a first region of the plurality of disjoint regions. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286003 | OPTIMIZED HOPSCOTCH MULTIPLE HASH TABLES FOR EFFICIENT MEMORY IN-LINE DEDUPLICATION APPLICATION - A method of memory deduplication includes identifying hash tables each corresponding to a hash function, and each including physical buckets, each physical bucket including ways and being configured to store data, identifying virtual buckets each including some physical buckets, and each sharing a physical bucket with another virtual bucket, identifying each of the physical buckets having data stored thereon as being assigned to a single virtual bucket, hashing a data line according to a hash function to produce a hash value, determining whether a corresponding virtual bucket has available space for a block of data according to the hash value, sequentially moving data from the corresponding virtual bucket to an adjacent virtual bucket when the corresponding virtual bucket does not have available space until the corresponding virtual bucket has space for the block of data, and storing the block of data in the corresponding virtual bucket. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286004 | DEDUPE DRAM SYSTEM ALGORITHM ARCHITECTURE - A deduplication memory module, which is configured to internally perform memory deduplication, includes a hash table memory for storing multiple blocks of data in a hash table array including hash tables, each of the hash tables including physical buckets and a plurality of virtual buckets each including some of the physical buckets, each of the physical buckets including ways, an address lookup table memory (ALUTM) including a plurality of pointers indicating a location of each of the stored blocks of data in a corresponding one of the physical buckets, and a buffer memory for storing unique blocks of data not stored in the hash table memory when the hash table array is full, a processor, and memory, wherein the memory has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the memory module to exchange data with an external system. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286005 | VIRTUAL BUCKET MULTIPLE HASH TABLES FOR EFFICIENT MEMORY IN-LINE DEDUPLICATION APPLICATION - A method of deduplicating memory in a memory module includes identifying a hash table array including hash tables each corresponding to a hash function, and each including physical buckets, each physical bucket including ways and being configured to store data, identifying a plurality of virtual buckets each including some of the physical buckets, and each sharing at least one of the physical buckets with another of the virtual buckets, hashing a block of data according to a corresponding one of the hash functions to produce a hash value, determining whether an intended physical bucket has available space for the block of data according to the hash value, and determining whether a near-location physical bucket has available space for the block of data when the intended physical bucket does not have available space, the near-location physical bucket being in a same one of the virtual buckets as the intended physical bucket. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286006 | PIPELINED HASH TABLE WITH REDUCED COLLISIONS - Apparatuses and methods for pipelined hashing are described herein. An example apparatus to perform a pipelined hash function may include a first memory to store a first plurality of bucket records, a second memory to store a second plurality of bucket records, and a hash circuit to receive a key and to perform a pipelined hash function using the key to provide a hash value. The hash circuit further to select a first bucket record of the first plurality of bucket records from the first memory based on a first subset of bits of the hash value. The hash circuit further to provide a location of a particular entry of an entry record of the plurality of entry records based on contents of the first bucket record and a second subset of bits of the hash value. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286007 | LOAD BALANCED ACCESS TO DISTRIBUTED STORAGE OF DATA CUBES - An apparatus includes a processor and a storage storing instructions causing the processor to compare quantities of node devices storing partitions and of the partitions to determine whether the node device quantity is less than the partition quantity. In response to the node device quantity of node being less: for each stored copy of each partition, assign a cost to load the copy of the partition based at least on a size of the partition; add dummy node devices to cause the node device quantity to at least equal the partition quantity; for each dummy node device, assign a very high cost to load each partition; use MILP to derive a first pass assignment of a single copy of each partition to be loaded within either a node device or dummy node device; and transmit an indication of at least the first pass assignment to the node devices. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286008 | SMART STORAGE PLATFORM APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT STORAGE AND REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF BIG DATA - A smart storage platform apparatus and method for efficient storage and real-time analysis of big data, which includes a transformable big data storage module | 2017-10-05 |
20170286009 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFERENCE TRACKING GARBAGE COLLECTOR - A method, computer program product, and computer system for determining, by a computing device, that an object of a plurality of objects is an orphan. It may be determined that the object is older than a threshold age. A capacity occupied by the object may be reclaimed based upon, at least in part, determining that the object is an orphan and determining that the object is older than the threshold age. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286010 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING LARGER MEMORY CAPACITY THAN PHYSICAL MEMORY SIZE - A dedupe module is provided. The dedupe module includes: a host interface; a dedupe engine to receive a data request from a host system via the host interface; a memory controller; a plurality of memory modules, each memory module being coupled to the memory controller; and a read cache for caching data from the memory controller for use by the dedupe engine. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286011 | MONITORING STORAGE SYSTEMS - A system for monitoring a plurality of storage systems includes an interface specifying a set of methods for using at least one storage system, an implementation of the interface for each of the plurality of storage systems, wherein at least one of the implementations of the interface is configured to process a plurality of requests, and a performance monitor configured to monitor performance of requests for at least one of a plurality of classes of requests. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286012 | METHOD FOR RECORDING DURATION OF USE OF DATA BLOCK, METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA BLOCK USING THE SAME AND RELATED DEVICE - A method for recording a duration of use of a data block is disclosed, as well as a data storage device implementing that method. The data block is either an in-use data block or an empty data block. The method includes steps of: receiving and writing data into one of the in-use data blocks and writing a program time and a time interval of the data into the in-use data block. Wherein the time interval is a difference between the program time and an initial program time of the in-use data block, and the initial program time was recorded when the in-use data block wrote a first piece of data. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMISTIC FLOW CONTROL FOR PUSH-BASED INPUT/OUTPUT WITH BUFFER STEALING - In general, embodiments of the technology relate to writing data to storage appliances. More specifically, embodiments of the technology are directed to writing data to storage media using a push-based mechanism in which clients provide the data to write to the storage media and then subsequently provide a command to write the data to the storage media. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEQUENTIAL WRITES TO PORTIONS OF AN ADDRESSIBLE UNIT - Provided are an apparatus and method for processing sequential writes portions of an addressable unit memory dies to store data. A write to a first portion of an addressable unit is received and the write is written to the first portion of the addressable unit. A next write is received to a next portion of the addressable unit following a previous write to a previous portion of the addressable unit. The next write is written to the next portion of the addressable unit sequentially following the previous portion in response to the next write being sequential with respect to the previous write. Data other than the next write is written to the addressable unit following the previous portion in response to the next write not being sequential with respect to the previous write. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286015 | MONITORING AND SHARING REGISTRY STATES - A method includes receiving a data access request for a set of encoded data slices. The data access request identifies a new vault in the dispersed storage network (DSN), where the new vault is a logical storage container supported by storage units of the DSN, and where the new vault is defined by vault parameters that include new vault identifier, new vault storage capabilities, access privileges, and authorized users. The method further includes sending an inquiry to the storage units regarding status of the new vault. When a threshold number of storage units provide a status response of active, a computing device sends a set of access requests regarding the data access request to the storage units. When the threshold number of storage units do not provide the status response of active, the computing device facilitates activation of the new vault in at least the threshold number of storage units. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286016 | DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTED AGREEMENT PROTOCOLS IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method for execution by a device of a dispersed storage network (DSN) to access a set of encoded data slices. The method begins by performing a first distributed agreement protocol (DAP) function using a slice identifier and a first set of coefficients to identify a set of storage units. The method continues by performing a second DAP function using the slice identifier and a second set of coefficients to identify pillar numbers for the set of storage units. The method continues by sending a set of data access requests to the set of storage units in accordance with the pillar numbers, wherein a data access request of the set of data access requests includes a slice name for a corresponding one of the set of encoded data slices and wherein the slice name includes one of the pillar numbers. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286017 | Memory Controller For Micro-Threaded Memory Operations - A micro-threaded memory device. A plurality of storage banks are provided, each including a plurality of rows of storage cells and having an access restriction in that at least a minimum access time interval must transpire between successive accesses to a given row of the storage cells. Transfer control circuitry is provided to transfer a first amount of data between the plurality of storage banks and an external signal path in response to a first memory access request, the first amount of data being less than a product of the external signal path bandwidth and the minimum access time interval. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286018 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - A storage system includes: a controller including a plurality of processors; an interface device; and a plurality of queues associated with the interface device. The plurality of queues each store data transmitted from a processor allocated to the queue to the interface device. The plurality of queues include a private queue and a public queue. The private queue is a queue allocated with only a first processor as one of the plurality of processors, the private queue requiring no exclusion processing when data is stored, whereas the public queue is a queue allocated with two or more second processors in the plurality of processors, the public queue requiring the exclusion processing when data is stored. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286019 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - When the storage system according to the present invention receives a request for writing new data to a first logical volume after having received a first pair creating request, the storage system stores the new data in a cache memory. Then when the storage system subsequently receives a second pair creating request, even if the cache memory still has stored therein the data identical to the data that was stored on the first logical volume at the point in time when the storage system received the first pair formation request, and even if this identical data has not yet been copied to the second logical volume, the storage system omits to copy this identical data to the second logical volume. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286020 | DATA SET MANAGEMENT - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for an application to provide for, in one embodiment, using hierarchical storage management to respond to a request to delete a data set by migrating the data set to another storage tier in a storage system before deleting the data set from its current location. As a result, the data set is stored on another tier to provide an opportunity to reverse the decision to delete the data set. In one embodiment, a temporary interval of time is provided to reverse the deletion decision and restore the data set from the migrated data set, before the data set is permanently deleted. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286021 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A communication system includes a communication device that communicates with an information processing device. The communication device wirelessly communicates via a first communication format and a second communication format, which is faster than the first communication format. The communication device includes a broadcasting unit that broadcasts advertising information via the first communication format, and a transmission unit that transmits status information relating to a state of the communication device to a certain information processing device via communication established based on a connection request from the certain information processing device, based on the advertising information. The certain information processing device performs notification of information indicating the state of the communication device based on the transmitted status information. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286022 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus decides a division condition of an image to be laid out in a print content based on at least one of information of the image and information of the information processing apparatus by causing at least one of a first program layer and second program layer to operate; divides the image in accordance with the division condition decided and creates a divided image by causing the second program layer to operate; constructs the print content in which the divided image is laid out by causing at least one of the first program layer and second program layer to operate; renders the print content in which the divided image is laid out and generate a rendering image by causing the second program layer to operate; and generates print data using the rendering image by causing the second program layer to operate. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286023 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - A multifunction peripheral includes a printer and a panel. The printer may perform a print process based on a print job and a process of printing an eco-report. The panel may simultaneously display a print instruction screen and a notification screen. The panel may instruct the print process based on a print job when the two screens are simultaneously displayed. | 2017-10-05 |