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Robert M. Fallone
Also filed as: FALLONE ROBERT M · FALLONE ROBERT MORELLI
24 granted patents·1 pending application·1,869 citations·filing 2008–2018
97Inventor score
Files withWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8FALLONE ROBERT M6BOYLE WILLIAM B4BURTON SCOTT E1FALLONE ROBERT MORELLI1
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25 records- 0199US8706985B1System and method for optimizing garbage collection in data storageWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 22, 2014·166 cites·14 claims
- 0299US8521972B1System and method for optimizing garbage collection in data storageBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 27, 2013·188 cites·25 claims
- 0399US8194340B1Disk drive framing write data with in-line mapping data during write operationsBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 5, 2012·162 cites·34 claims
- 0498US8775720B1Hybrid drive balancing execution times for non-volatile semiconductor memory and diskMEYER ALAN T·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 8, 2014·170 cites·14 claims
- 0598US8443167B1Data storage device employing a run-length mapping table and a single address mapping tableFALLONE ROBERT M·Filed 2009·Granted May 14, 2013·277 cites·24 claims
- 0698US8370683B1System and method to reduce write splice failuresWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 5, 2013·135 cites·30 claims
- 0798US8082433B1Disk drive employing boot disk space to expedite the boot operation for a host computerFALLONE ROBERT M·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 20, 2011·146 cites·22 claims
- 0897US9129628B1Data management for data storage device with different track density regionsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 8, 2015·68 cites·24 claims
- 0997US8819367B1Accelerated translation power recoveryFALLONE ROBERT M·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 26, 2014·52 cites·21 claims
- 1097US8599510B1Disk drive adjusting data track density based on write condition when writing to contiguous data tracksFALLONE ROBERT M·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 3, 2013·120 cites·26 claims
- 1197US7900037B1Disk drive maintaining multiple logs to expedite boot operation for a host computerWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 1, 2011·138 cites·25 claims
- 1294US9063838B1Data storage device shifting data chunks of alignment zone relative to sector boundariesBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 23, 2015·67 cites·20 claims
- 1391US9268499B1Hybrid drive migrating high workload data from disk to non-volatile semiconductor memoryWILKINS VIRGIL V·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 23, 2016·19 cites·16 claims
- 1491US8531791B1Methods for adaptive throttling of data refresh operations and disk drives implementing the sameREID BRUCE E·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 10, 2013·79 cites·22 claims
- 1590US10140067B1Data management for data storage device with multiple types of non-volatile memory mediaWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 27, 2018·15 cites·30 claims
- 1689US9959209B1Data storage device adjusting command rate profile based on operating modeBURTON SCOTT E·Filed 2010·Granted May 1, 2018·13 cites·4 claims
- 1789US9383923B1Write pointer management for a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 5, 2016·17 cites·37 claims
- 1889US9189392B1Opportunistic defragmentation during garbage collectionNEPPALLI SRINIVAS·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 17, 2015·14 cites·17 claims
- 1983US9405668B1Data storage device initialization information accessed by searching for pointer informationFALLONE ROBERT M·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 2, 2016·8 cites·11 claims
- 2077US9286079B1Cache optimization of a data storage device based on progress of boot commandsRODEN THOMAS A·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 15, 2016·7 cites·22 claims
- 2172US9003101B1Prioritized access for media with heterogeneous access ratesFALLONE ROBERT M·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 7, 2015·3 cites·19 claims
- 2270US8996839B1Data storage device aligning partition to boundary of sector when partition offset correlates with offset of write commandsBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 31, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 2364US9268649B1Disk drive with recent write streams list for data refresh determinationFALLONE ROBERT MORELLI·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 23, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 2454US2018189183A1Data storage device adjusting command rate profile based on operating modeWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 2550US9263088B2Data management for a data storage device using a last resort zoneWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 16, 2016·0 cites·34 claims
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