Inventor
SMITH GORDON J
US50 patents
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IBM
49 patentsUS5778135AJul 7, 1998
Real-time edit control for video program material
IBM196 citations99
US5751883AMay 12, 1998
Multimedia direct access storage device and formatting method
IBM208 citations99
US5930493AJul 27, 1999
Multimedia server system and method for communicating multimedia information
IBM461 citations98
US5764430AJun 9, 1998
Disk drive having optimized spindle speed for environment
IBM107 citations98
US5721878AFeb 24, 1998
Multimedia control system and method for controlling multimedia program presentation
IBM353 citations98
US5721815AFeb 24, 1998
Media-on-demand communication system and method employing direct access storage device
IBM652 citations98
US5654747AAug 5, 1997
Intelligent multimedia set-top control method and apparatus in which billing signals are communicated to an information network upon presentation of downloaded media programs
IBM242 citations98
US5544138AAug 6, 1996
Adaptive system for optimizing disk drive power consumption
IBM105 citations98
US5452277ASep 19, 1995
Adaptive system for optimizing disk drive power consumption
IBM118 citations98
US6529685B2Mar 4, 2003
Multimedia direct access storage device and formatting method
IBM97 citations97
US6208804B1Mar 27, 2001
Multimedia direct access storage device and formatting method
IBM91 citations97
US6154335ANov 28, 2000
Method and apparatus for positioning a dual element magnetoresistive head
IBM55 citations96
US6067203AMay 23, 2000
Disk drive having optimized spindle speed for environment
IBM70 citations96
US5787292AJul 28, 1998
Power saving method and apparatus for use in multiple frequency zone drives
IBM61 citations96
US5751510AMay 12, 1998
Method and apparatus for restoring a thermal response signal of a magnetoresistive head
IBM67 citations96
US5739972AApr 14, 1998
Method and apparatus for positioning a magnetoresistive head using thermal response to servo information on the record medium
IBM75 citations96
US5625512AApr 29, 1997
Air bearing slider deflection apparatus and method for fabricating same
IBM49 citations96
US6088176AJul 11, 2000
Method and apparatus for separating magnetic and thermal components from an MR read signal
IBM84 citations95
US5630104AMay 13, 1997
Apparatus and method for providing multimedia data
IBM62 citations95
US5594924AJan 14, 1997
Multiple user multimedia data server with switch to load time interval interleaved data to plurality of time interval assigned buffers
IBM63 citations95
US5521896AMay 28, 1996
Adaptive system for optimizing disk drive power consumption
IBM55 citations95
US5410439AApr 25, 1995
Disk file with clearance and glide measurement and early head crash warning
IBM144 citations95
US5168413ADec 1, 1992
Transducer head flying height monitoring methods and apparatus for disk drive system
IBM109 citations94
US6400892B1Jun 4, 2002
Adaptive disk drive operation
IBM35 citations93
US6384994B1May 7, 2002
Method for positioning a magnetoresistive head using a thermal response to servo information on the record medium
IBM31 citations93
US6084754AJul 4, 2000
Method and apparatus for positioning a magnetoresistive head using thermal response to servo information on the record medium
IBM25 citations93
US6078461AJun 20, 2000
In situ offset correction for position error signal
IBM22 citations93
US5880901AMar 9, 1999
Method and apparatus for positioning a magnetoresistive head
IBM20 citations93
US5872676AFeb 16, 1999
Method and apparatus for positioning a dual element magnetoresistive head using thermal signals
IBM25 citations93
US5838514ANov 17, 1998
Method and apparatus for calibrating a thermal response of a magnetoresistive transducer
IBM33 citations93
US5793553AAug 11, 1998
Method and assembly for increasing storage device reliability
IBM19 citations93
US5793568AAug 11, 1998
Air bearing slider deflection apparatus and method for fabricating same
IBM18 citations93
US5633767AMay 27, 1997
Adaptive and in-situ load/unload damage estimation and compensation
IBM34 citations93
US5612845AMar 18, 1997
Method and apparatus for in-situ detection of data storage system spindle motor performance degradation
IBM30 citations93
US5367409ANov 22, 1994
Even harmonic distortion compensation for digital data detection
IBM48 citations93
US5327298AJul 5, 1994
Noise minimization for magnetic data storage drives using oversampling techniques
IBM38 citations93
US5301080AApr 5, 1994
Bias servo loop for magneto-resistive read/write head
IBM51 citations93
US5625506AApr 29, 1997
Method and apparatus for reducing readback errors by controlling the phase locked loop
IBM20 citations92
US5412519AMay 2, 1995
Optimization of disk drive spindle speed during low power mode
IBM75 citations92
US4297712AOct 27, 1981
Air flow tunnel for reducing ink jet drag on array head
IBM37 citations92
US5539592AJul 23, 1996
System and method for monitoring friction between head and disk to predict head disk interaction failure in direct access storage devices
IBM46 citations89
US5283521AFeb 1, 1994
Method and system for adaptive digital linearization of an output signal from a magnetoresistive head
IBM22 citations86
US5739994AApr 14, 1998
Optimally banded disk for use with multiple frequency channel
IBM18 citations84
US4361845ANov 30, 1982
Device for preventing the contamination of ink jet components
IBM24 citations82
US6002539ADec 14, 1999
Method for calibrating a dual element magnetoresistive head
IBM8 citations74
US5768052AJun 16, 1998
Data storage disk clamp apparatus for minimizing disk clamping force
IBM14 citations74
US5596462AJan 21, 1997
Data storage disk clamp apparatus for minimizing disk clamping force and surface area
IBM13 citations74
US5377131ADec 27, 1994
Digital amplitude estimator
IBM18 citations74
US5625508AApr 29, 1997
Method and apparatus for servo demodulation in a direct access storage device
IBM10 citations73