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William B. Boyle
Also filed as: BOYLE WILLIAM B · BOYLE WILLIAM BERNARD
89 granted patents·2 pending applications·9,236 citations·filing 1985–2023
99Inventor score
Files withWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC40BOYLE WILLIAM B17KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC14FALLONE ROBERT M4KEEN PERSONAL TECHNOLOGIES INC4
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91 records- 0199US8788778B1Garbage collection based on the inactivity level of stored dataBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 22, 2014·200 cites·24 claims
- 0299US8706985B1System and method for optimizing garbage collection in data storageWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 22, 2014·166 cites·14 claims
- 0399US8621133B1Reading multiple metadata files across multiple tracksBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 31, 2013·136 cites·20 claims
- 0499US8560759B1Hybrid drive storing redundant copies of data on disk and in non-volatile semiconductor memory based on read frequencyBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 15, 2013·157 cites·16 claims
- 0599US8521972B1System and method for optimizing garbage collection in data storageBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 27, 2013·188 cites·25 claims
- 0699US8341339B1Hybrid drive garbage collecting a non-volatile semiconductor memory by migrating valid data to a diskBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 25, 2012·215 cites·18 claims
- 0799US8194341B1Disk drive seeding data path protection with system data seedBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 5, 2012·146 cites·16 claims
- 0899US8194340B1Disk drive framing write data with in-line mapping data during write operationsBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 5, 2012·162 cites·34 claims
- 0999US8174780B1Disk drive biasing a refresh monitor with write parameter of a write operationTSAI CHUN SEI·Filed 2007·Granted May 8, 2012·146 cites·14 claims
- 1099US8004785B1Disk drive write verifying unformatted data sectorsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 23, 2011·138 cites·14 claims
- 1199US7982993B1Disk drive employing different servo TPI to data TPI ratios across the disk surfaceWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 19, 2011·142 cites·20 claims
- 1299US7945727B2Disk drive refreshing zones in segments to sustain target throughput of host commandsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 17, 2011·140 cites·21 claims
- 1399US7933087B1Disk drive storing parameters of a write operation in a plurality of data sectorsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 26, 2011·135 cites·23 claims
- 1499US7907364B2Disk drive including a delay circuit to provide a delayed reset signalWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 15, 2011·132 cites·25 claims
- 1599US7852596B2Disk drive returning dummy data to a host when reading an unwritten data sectorWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 14, 2010·134 cites·26 claims
- 1699US7672072B1Disk drive modifying an update function for a refresh monitor in response to a measured durationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 2, 2010·146 cites·23 claims
- 1799US7027716B1Communicating between a digital video recorder (DVR) and a set top box (STB) to coordinate the display of a graphical user interfaceKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 11, 2006·248 cites·37 claims
- 1899US6453115B1Digital video recording system which generates an index data structure for displaying a video stream in trickplay modeKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·469 cites·32 claims
- 1998US10969965B2Dynamic performance density tuning for data storage deviceWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 6, 2021·30 cites·28 claims
- 2098US8825977B1Hybrid drive writing copy of data to disk when non-volatile semiconductor memory nears end of lifeSYU MEI-MAN L·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 2, 2014·101 cites·26 claims
- 2198US8782334B1Hybrid drive copying disk cache to non-volatile semiconductor memoryBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 15, 2014·117 cites·26 claims
- 2298US8775720B1Hybrid drive balancing execution times for non-volatile semiconductor memory and diskMEYER ALAN T·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 8, 2014·170 cites·14 claims
- 2398US8699171B1Disk drive selecting head for write operation based on environmental conditionBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 15, 2014·130 cites·24 claims
- 2498US8670205B1Hybrid drive changing power mode of disk channel when frequency of write data exceeds a thresholdMALINA JAMES N·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 11, 2014·143 cites·12 claims
- 2598US8639872B1Hybrid drive comprising write cache spanning non-volatile semiconductor memory and diskBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 28, 2014·184 cites·24 claims
- 2698US8443167B1Data 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
- 2798US8397107B1Data storage device employing data path protection using both LBA and PBASYU MEI-MAN L·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 12, 2013·173 cites·20 claims
- 2898US8154812B1Condensing a defect scan log for a disk of a disk driveBOYLE WILLIAM B·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 10, 2012·133 cites·16 claims
- 2998US8082433B1Disk 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
- 3098US8040625B1Condensing a defect scan log for a disk of a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 18, 2011·134 cites·14 claims
- 3198US7929234B1Disk drive prioritizing in-the-field defect scanning based on number of write operations in each of a plurality of defect zonesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 19, 2011·157 cites·24 claims
- 3298US7649704B1Disk drive deferring refresh based on environmental conditionsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 19, 2010·143 cites·23 claims
- 3398US7599139B1Disk drive having a high performance access mode and a lower performance archive modeWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 6, 2009·200 cites·28 claims
- 3498US7292775B1Communicating program identifiers from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a set top box (STB) independent of when the STB demodulates the associated program dataKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 6, 2007·155 cites·20 claims
- 3598US6832041B1Video recording system utilizing host-processor-resident error recovery to transfer non-time-critical, error-intolerant data segments while transferring time-critical, error-tolerant streaming data segments at a required data transfer rateKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 14, 2004·139 cites·15 claims
- 3698US6751402B1Set-top box connectable to a digital video recorder via an auxiliary interface and selects between a recorded video signal received from the digital video recorder and a real-time video signal to provide video data stream to a display deviceKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 15, 2004·187 cites·23 claims
- 3798US6442328B1Digital video recorder connectable to an auxiliary interface of a set-top box that provides video data stream to a display device based on selection between recorded video signal received from the digKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 27, 2002·275 cites·26 claims
- 3897US9129628B1Data management for data storage device with different track density regionsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 8, 2015·68 cites·24 claims
- 3997US8819367B1Accelerated translation power recoveryFALLONE ROBERT M·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 26, 2014·52 cites·21 claims
- 4097US8576511B1Disk drive executing log structured writes to physical zones based on power modeCOKER KENNY T·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 5, 2013·131 cites·24 claims
- 4197US7900037B1Disk 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
- 4297US7657149B2Method and apparatus for storing a stream of video data on a storage mediumKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 2, 2010·131 cites·13 claims
- 4397US7325244B2Displaying a program guide responsive to electronic program guide data and program recording indicatorsKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 29, 2008·147 cites·5 claims
- 4497US7146094B1Set-top box that provides video data stream to a display device based on selection between recorded video signal received from the digital video recorder and a real-time video signalKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 5, 2006·143 cites·14 claims
- 4597US7133600B1Video recording system utilizing storage redundancy to transfer non-time-critical, error-intolerant data segments while transferring time-critical, error-tolerant streaming data segments at a required data transfer rateKEEN PERSONAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 7, 2006·140 cites·16 claims
- 4697US7106947B2Communicating a channel-change event from a set top box to a digital video recorderKEEN PERSONAL MEDIA INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 12, 2006·142 cites·8 claims
- 4796US9448919B1Data storage device accessing garbage collected memory segmentsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 20, 2016·43 cites·22 claims
- 4896US8793532B1Hard-disk drive work load profiling and capturing systems and methodsTSAI CHUN SEI·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 29, 2014·67 cites·26 claims
- 4996US7240161B1Instruction prefetch caching for remote memoryWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 3, 2007·133 cites·24 claims
- 5096US7194576B1Fetch operations in a disk drive control systemWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 20, 2007·135 cites·14 claims
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