Smart Storage (SanDisk) Assigned Patent

Smart Storage Systems, Inc., (acquired by SanDisk Corporation), Milpitas, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,183,137) developed by Schmier, Jacob, Gilbert, AZ, Dancho, Mark, Higgins, James M, Chandler, AZ, Jones, Ryan, Mesa, AZ, and Ellis, Robert W, Phoenix, AZ, for a “storage control system with data management mechanism and method of operation thereof.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method of operation of a storage control system includes: calculating a throttle threshold, identifying a detection point based on the throttle threshold, and calculating a number of write/erase cycles based on the detection point and the throttle threshold for writing a memory device.“

The patent application was filed on February 27, 2013 (13/779,352).