| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7287118 |
Maintaining an average erase count in a non-volatile storage system |
October 23, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for maintaining an average erase count in a system memory of a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for determining an average number of times each block of a number of blocks within a non-volatile |
| 7254668 |
Method and apparatus for grouping pages within a block |
August 7, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for efficiently enabling pages within a block to be accessed are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for writing data into a first block in a non-volatile memory which includes pages that are grouped into groups which each include t |
| 7234036 |
Method and apparatus for resolving physical blocks associated with a common logical block |
June 19, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for determining which of a plurality of physical blocks associated with a logical block is more recently associated with the logical block are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for resolving associations of a first physical block |
| 7227952 |
System, method, and device for playing back recorded audio, video or other content from non-vola |
June 5, 2007 |
| A secure software system for a portable device or computer that provides a simple interface to the device or computer and that retrieves and dynamically decrypts keys and content from a secure media while minimizing exposure of the keys and eliminating the need for manufacturers of t |
| 7188228 |
Hybrid mapping implementation within a non-volatile memory system |
March 6, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for allow different mapping implementations, including a many-to-one logical to physical block mapping, to be used within a memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for mapping a plurality of logical blocks to a phy |
| 7181611 |
Power management block for use in a non-volatile memory system |
February 20, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for enabling a power up process of a non-volatile memory to occur efficiently are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for utilizing a memory system that has a non-volatile memory with at least one reserved memory area includes p |
| 7174440 |
Method and apparatus for performing block caching in a non-volatile memory system |
February 6, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for caching updates or new data associated with a logical block are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing contents associated with blocks of a non-volatile memory includes obtaining a first set of contents that is a |
| 7171536 |
Unusable block management within a non-volatile memory system |
January 30, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for tracking defective blocks such that at least some of the defective blocks may be readily identified and tested for usability when desirable are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for identifying spare blocks within a non-vo |
| 7103732 |
Method and apparatus for managing an erase count block |
September 5, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for managing erase counts in a non-volatile memory system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for initializing an erase count block in a system memory of a non-volatile memory system, the non-volatile memory system which includes a non-vo |
| 7096313 |
Tracking the least frequently erased blocks in non-volatile memory systems |
August 22, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for performing wear leveling in a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, one method for processing elements included in a non-volatile memory of a memory system includes obtaining erase counts associated with |
| 7089349 |
Internal maintenance schedule request for non-volatile memory system |
August 8, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for enabling updates to data structures to be scheduled are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for operating a memory system with a non-volatile memory that includes a plurality of physical blocks and a plurality of data struct |
| 7039788 |
Method and apparatus for splitting a logical block |
May 2, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for splitting a single logical block into two or more physical blocks are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for associating a plurality of physical blocks of a non-volatile memory with a logical block that includes of logical |
| 7035967 |
Maintaining an average erase count in a non-volatile storage system |
April 25, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for maintaining an average erase count in a system memory of a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for determining an average number of times each block of a number of blocks within a non-volatile |
| 7032087 |
Erase count differential table within a non-volatile memory system |
April 18, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for efficiently tracking the usage of physical blocks of non-volatile memory are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for maintaining a data structure that stores contents relating to the usage of physical blocks includes determi |
| 6985992 |
Wear-leveling in non-volatile storage systems |
January 10, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus for performing wear leveling in a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for allocating non-volatile memory that is divided into elements includes grouping the elements into a first group, a second gr |
| 6973531 |
Tracking the most frequently erased blocks in non-volatile memory systems |
December 6, 2005 |
| Methods and apparatus for performing wear leveling in a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing elements included in a non-volatile memory of a memory system includes obtaining erase counts associated with a plur |
| 6831865 |
Maintaining erase counts in non-volatile storage systems |
December 14, 2004 |
| Methods and apparatus for storing erase counts in a non-volatile memory of a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a data structure in a non-volatile memory includes a first indicator that provides an indication of a number of times a |
