Imation Assigned Two Patents

Logical-to-physical address translation
for removable storage device
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN, has been assigned a patent (8,510,532) developed by Arunprasad Ramiya Mothilal, San Jose, CA, for a “logical-to-physical address translation for a removable storage device.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for making memory more reliable involves accessing data stored in a removable storage device by translating a logical memory address provided by a host digital device to a physical memory address in the device. A logical memory address is received from the host digital device. The logical memory address corresponds to a location of data stored on the removable storage device. A physical memory address corresponding to the local address is determined by accessing a lookup table corresponding to the logical zone.”

The patent application was filed on April 6, 2012 (13/441,359).

Storage device with accessible partitions
Imation, Oakdale, MN, has been assigned a patent (8,543,764) developed by David Alexander Jevans, Los Altos, CA, and Gil Spencer, Redwood Estates, CA, for a “storage device with accessible partitions.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A detachable storage device can comprise a memory, circuitry, and a user interface. The memory may comprise a storage partition. The circuitry may be configured to authorize access to the storage partition to a digital device when the detachable storage device is coupled to the digital device based, at least in part, on a user code. The user interface may be configured to receive the user code while the detachable storage device is within a detached state and provide the user code to the circuitry to allow access to the storage partition.”

The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2012 (13/608,301).