Samsung Assigned Twenty Three Patents

Nonvolatile memory device and storage
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,658,040) developed by Lim, Bongsoon, Yun, Jung-Yun, Kim, Ji-Suk, and Park, Sang-Won, Seoul, Korea, for “nonvolatile memory device and storage device including nonvolatile memory device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller. The controller provides the nonvolatile memory device with first data, an address, and a program start command and provides the nonvolatile memory device with second data after the program start command is provided the nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device is configured to initiate a program operation, which is based on the first data, in response to the program start command and to continue to perform, based on the first data and the second data, the program operation when the second data is provided to the nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device is configured to perform a program and a verification read of a first program loop based on the first data, the verification read of the first program loop being performed using one verification voltage.”

The patent application was filed on November 15, 2016 (15/351,550).

Data management and storage
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,657,041) developed by Doh, In-Hwan, Seoul, Korea, and Hwang, Joo-Young, Suwon-si, Korea, for “data management method and storage device performing the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”In a data management method for a storage device, the storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks. A TRIM-after-COPY command is received from an external host such that a data compaction operation is performed on a first storage region. Valid data stored in the first storage region are internally copied into a second storage region based on the TRIM-after-COPY command. A TRIM operation is performed based on the TRIM-after-COPY command to update a logical-to-physical address mapping table and a valid page bitmap.”

The patent application was filed on July 17, 2018 (16/037,169).

Managing container image
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,656,845) developed by Jeong, Chan-Hun, Seoul, Korea, for “system and method for managing container image.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Provided are a system and a method for managing a container image. The container image managing system includes a remote storage configured to store and manage a container image, a container engine configured to mount a storage area of the container image stored in the remote storage and read the container image from the mounted storage area to generate a container, and a local storage configured to store a read-write layer of the generated container.”

The patent application was filed on May 24, 2017 (15/603,591).

Modular system architecture for supporting multiple solid-state drives
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,649,940) developed by Olarig, Sompong Paul, Pleasanton, CA, and Worley, Fred, San Jose, CA, for a “modular system architecture for supporting multiple solid-state drives.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A rack-mountable data storage system includes: a chassis including one or more switchboards, a midplane interfacing with the one or more switchboards, and one or more data storage devices removably coupled to the midplane using a connector. At least one data storage device of the one or more data storage devices include a logic device to interface with the midplane. The logic device provides a device-specific interface of a corresponding data storage device with the midplane. The at least one data storage device is configured using the logic device according to a first protocol based on a signal on a pin of the connector, and the at least one data storage device is reconfigurable according to a second protocol based on a change of the signal on the pin of the connector using the logic device.”

The patent application was filed on May 16, 2018 (15/981,801).

Storage device and data processing
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,649,896) developed by Kim, Dong Woo, Suwon-si, Korea, Kim, Byeong Hui, Hwaseong-si, Korea, Kim, Kyung Ho, Seoul, Korea, and Kim, Seok Hwan, Seoul, Korea, for “storage device and data processing system including the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage device and a method for operating the data storage device are disclosed. The data storage device may include an interface receiving a command and data from a host, a cache temporarily storing the received data, a memory non-temporarily storing the data stored in the cache, and a controller controlling the memory and the cache based on the command received from the host. The command may include charge rate of a battery supplying a power to the data storage device. The controller may determine whether or not the data storage device is an idle state, and determine an active operation mode of the data storage device based on the charge rate of the battery, when the data storage device is the idle state.”

The patent application was filed on November 3, 2017 (15/803,169).

Storage device
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,649,692) developed by Park, Hyun-Chul, Ahn, Jun-Ho, Suwon-si, Korea, and Seol, Bong-Gwan, Seoul, Korea, for “storage device, system including the same and method of operating the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method of operating a storage device includes receiving a write task from a host device. The method also includes storing the write task in a task queue included in the storage device. A write execution command is received from the host device. The method includes executing the write task in response to the write execution command and performing an internal management operation of the storage device after the write task is stored in the task queue and before the write execution command is received. The response time of the storage device to the write execution command is reduced and performance of the system is enhanced by performing the internal management operation such as the data backup operation during the queuing stage and the ready stage in advance before receiving the write execution command.”

The patent application was filed on December 27, 2016 (15/390,865).

Dynamic garbage collection P/E policies for redundant storage blocks and distributed software stacks
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,649,681) developed by Suhas, Batrahalli, Ashwini, and Suri, Tameesh, San Jose, CA, for “dynamic garbage collection P/E policies for redundant storage blocks and distributed software stacks.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A Solid State Drive (SSD) (110) is disclosed. The SSD (110) may include storage (218) for data, and reception circuitry (203) to receive various instructions and data. The reception circuitry (203) may receive an instruction (257) from a host machine (105) to perform garbage collection, along with a selected P/E strategy (260). The SSD (110) may include garbage collection logic (209) to perform garbage collection, possibly with a delayed Program operation if an adaptive P/E strategy (1110) is selected. The SSD (110) may also include a mapping table (221) that may identify which pages were not Programmed before victim blocks (233, 236) were erased, and therefore require replication during a delayed Program operation.”

The patent application was filed on April 19, 2016 (15/133,205).

Atomic write method for multi-transaction
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,642,531) developed by Song, In Sung, Suwon-si, Korea, Choi, Sang Hoon, Kwon, Moon Sang, Seoul, Korea, and Im, Hyung Jin, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for an “atomic write method for multi-transaction.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method of operating a host includes defining transaction identifications for each one of multiple transactions in a multi-transaction, thereafter communicating atomic write data related to each transaction to a data storage device using the transaction ID, and storing the atomic write data in the data storage device using the transaction ID and an identifier.”

The patent application was filed on April 28, 2014 (14/263,613).

Storage device and operating method
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,637,502) developed by Cho, Yongwon, Suwon-si, Korea, Bae, Hyunsoo, Seoul, Korea, Leem, Hyotaek, Suwon-si, Korea, Lee, Dong-Ryoul, Incheon, Korea, YI, Hyun Ju, and Lee, Taehack, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for “storage device and operating method of storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to read data from the nonvolatile memory device, to divide the read data into a plurality of segments, and to sequentially perform error correction decoding with respect to the plurality of segments. When the error correction decoding of each segment is completed, the controller adds error correction parity to each of the decoded segments and sends the decoded segments with added error correction parity to an external host device. When error correction decoding of a second segment is not completed after a threshold time has elapsed after sending a first segment of which error correction decoding is completed, the controller adds an incorrect error correction parity to dummy data and sends the dummy data with the added incorrect error correction parity to the external host device.”

The patent application was filed on August 29, 2018 (16/116,500).

Data journaling for large solid state storage devices with low DRAM/SRAM
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,635,654) developed by Hof, Eran, Erlihson, Michael, Dashevsky, Shmuel, Ramat-Gan, Israel, and Kong, Jun Jin, Yongin-si, Korea, for a “data journaling for large solid state storage devices with low DRAM/SRAM.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data journaling method in a solid state storage device, the method including: receiving a read request, determining whether updated data mapping for the read request is located in at least one of a volatile journal and a nonvolatile journal using a Bloom filter, searching the volatile journal if the updated data mapping for the request is located in the Bloom filter, and then, searching the nonvolatile journal if the updated data mapping for the request is not found in the volatile journal, and stopping the search when the updated data mapping is found.”

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2017 (15/619,981).

Supporting erasure code data protection with embedded PCIE switch inside FPGA+SSD
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,635,609) developed by Olarig, Sompong Paul, Pleasanton, CA, Worley, Fred, and Pinto, Oscar P., San Jose, CA, for a “method for supporting erasure code data protection with embedded PCIE switch inside FPGA+SSD.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switch with Erasure Coding logic is disclosed. The PCIe switch may include an external connector to enable the PCIe switch to communicate with a processor and at least one connector to enable the PCIe switch to communicate with at least one storage device. The PCIe switch may include a Power Processing Unit (PPU) to handle configuration of the PCIe switch. The Erasure Coding logic may include an Erasure Coding Controller with circuitry to apply an Erasure Coding scheme to data stored on the storage device, and a snooping logic including circuitry to intercept a data transmission received at the PCIe switch and modify the data transmission responsive to the Erasure Coding scheme.”

The patent application was filed on November 30, 2018 (16/207,080).

Storage device previously managing physical address to be allocated for write data
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,635,349) developed by Lee, Younggeun, Kim, Jinwoo, Seoul, Korea, Kim, Youngsik, Suwon-si, Korea, Kim, Hwan-Chung, Namson-si, Korea, and Cho, Jeonghoon, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for a “storage device previously managing physical address to be allocated for write data.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device includes nonvolatile memories and a controller. The controller previously manages a correspondence relationship between physical addresses indicating the memory regions and stream identifiers, before first write data is received by the controller. The controller controls the nonvolatile memories such that the first write data is stored in a first memory region of a physical address which is managed corresponding to a first stream identifier of the first write data in the correspondence relationship. The first write data is transferred to the nonvolatile memories based on the correspondence relationship, regardless of whether second write data having a second stream identifier is received by the controller.”

The patent application was filed on January 2, 2018 (15/860,498).

Storage device
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,635,322) developed by Choi, Chang-eun, Yoo, Su Hwa, and Oh, Hwaseok, Yongin-si, Korea, for “storage device, computing device including the same, and operation method of the computing device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computing device and a method of operating the same are provided. The computing device includes a modem that communicates with an external device, a storage device, an application processor that accesses the storage device, and a switch that selectively provides one of a first communication path connecting the modem and the application processor and a second communication path connecting the modem and the storage device without passing through the application processor.”

The patent application was filed on March 11, 2019 (16/297,802).

Operation method of storage system and host
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,635,317) developed by Kim, Dong-Min, Hwaseong-si, Korea, Song, Byungjune, Suwon-si, Korea, Yoon, Songho, Yongin-si, Korea, Park, Jeong-Woo, Hwaseong-si, Korean and Lee, Jaegyu, Suwon-si, Korea, for “operation method of storage system and host.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage system shares a system memory of a host. An operation method of the storage system may include receiving a command including information about a shared memory from the host, receiving a stream command having no timeout from the host, and transmitting a first packet associated with the stream command to the host in response to the received stream command. The first packet includes information for accessing the shared memory.”

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2017 (15/498,585).

Dual port storage device performing peer-to-peer communication
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,628,364) developed by Shim, Hojun, Yongin-si, Korea, for a “dual port storage device performing peer-to-peer communication with external device without intervention of host.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device is provided. The storage device includes a field programmable gate array board connected to a first port of the storage device, and a storage controller including a first interface circuit and a second interface circuit. The first interface circuit is connected to the FPGA board, the second interface circuit is connected to a second port of the storage device, at least one port from among the first port and the second port being configured to connect to an external storage device, and the FPGA board is configured to provide a path for transferring data in a peer-to-peer manner between the storage controller and the external storage device without intervention of a host.”

The patent application was filed on October 25, 2018 (16/170,264).

Storage device having fingerprint recognition sensor
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,621,321) developed by Park, Young-Jin, Incheon, Korea, and Jung, Ilgyu, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for “storage device having fingerprint recognition sensor and operating method thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device includes at least one nonvolatile memory device, a memory controller that controls the at least one nonvolatile memory device, and a fingerprint recognition sensor that recognizes a fingerprint of a user. The at least one nonvolatile memory device includes at least one secure partition area being accessible by a host device when a fingerprint recognized by the fingerprint recognition sensor is the same as an enrolled fingerprint, and a public area being accessible by the host device regardless of a fingerprint recognition operation.”

The patent application was filed on February 14, 2018 (15/896,703).

Searching for data in storage device
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,621,171) developed by Jo, Insoon, Hwaseong-si, Korea, Yoon, Sungho, Bae, Duckho, Kwon, MoonSang, Seoul, Korea, and Cho, Sangyeun, Seongnam-si, Korea, for a “method for searching for data in storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method of searching for data in a storage device is provided. The method includes determining, by the storage device, selectivity about read units of the storage device based on a query, with respect to each table stored in the storage device and searching for the data in the storage device based on the selectivity about the read units.”

The patent application was filed on April 18, 2016 (15/131,490).

Computing device and non-volatile dual in-line memory module
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,621,098) developed by Jo, In Soon, Hwaseong-si, Korea, Seo, Sung Yong, Seongnam-si, Korea, and Hwang, Joo Young, Suwon-si, Korea, for “computing device and non-volatile dual in-line memory module that evict and prefetch data with respect to memories having different operating speeds.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computing device includes a processor and a non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM) connected to the processor. The NVDIMM includes a first memory having a first processing speed and a first storage capacity, a second memory having a second processing speed lower than the first processing speed and a second storage capacity larger than the first storage capacity, and a controller that evicts or fetches data between the first memory and the second memory. When the processor recognizes a first situation to evict data or a second situation to prefetch data, the processor transmits a command including first information of a logical address of data associated with the first situation or the second situation, second information of a length of the data associated with the first situation or the second situation, and third information indicating the first situation or the second situation to the NVDIMM.”

The patent application was filed on March 23, 2018 (15/933,451).

Storage device and global garbage collection of data storage
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,621,081) developed by Lee, Sang-Geol, Seoul, Korea, and Lee, Wonju, Seongnam-si, Korea, for “storage device and global garbage collection method of data storage system including the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device includes at least one nonvolatile memory device, and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device, wherein the memory controller includes, at least one processor configured to control an overall operation of the memory controller, a buffer memory configured to store input/output data according to a control of the processor when an input/output request from an external device occurs, an error correction circuit configured to detect and correct an error of the input/output data, a garbage collector configured to selectively generate a first global garbage collection command in response to the input/output request and configured to perform a global garbage collection according to a second global garbage collection command received from the external device, and a storage interface configured to transmit the first global garbage collection command to another storage device.”

The patent application was filed on October 10, 2016 (15/289,488).

Sharing disk image between operating systems
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,621,017) developed by Shim, Hyo-taek, Yongin-si, Korea, Lee, Yong-hyeok, Suwon-si, Korea, and Lee, Sung-min, Seoul, Korea, for “method and device for sharing a disk image between operating systems.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Provided is an electronic device including a storage configured to store a plurality of operating systems (OSs) and a disk image, an input interface configured to receive a user input for switching focus from a first OS to a second OS, and a processor configured to mount, in response to the user input, to the second OS the disk image having been mounted to the first OS.”

The patent application was filed on July 21, 2016 (15/744,462).

Storage device
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,613,881) developed by Lee, TaeHack, Hwaseong-si, Korea, and Song, Je-Hyuck, Seoul, Korea, for “storage device, a host system including the storage device, and a map table updating method of the host system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A host system includes a host device, a host buffer memory, and storage device. The host device includes a plurality of cores. The host buffer memory is configured to store a first command queue and a first map table, wherein each of the first command queue and the first map table corresponds to a first core of the cores. The storage device is configured to perform an input/output virtualization operation using the first core as a virtual core. The storage device uses the first command queue and the first map table during the input/output virtualization operation using the first core.”

The patent application was filed on January 15, 2016 (14/996,562).

Data storage
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,613,782) developed by Kim, Min Uk, Incheon, Korea, and Choi, In Su, Suwon-si, Korea, for “data storage system, data storage method of the data storage system, and method of manufacturing solid-state.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage system includes: a storage device having a first storage and a physically separate second storage. A first core includes first data information related to first data to be written to the first storage, and a second core includes second data information related to second data to be written to the second storage. A shared memory is accessible by the first and second cores, and an emergency power system supplies backup power to the first and second cores when external power supplied to the data storage system is less than a minimum threshold operating power. When a write operation error of the second core is detected in a first mode, the first core writes the second data information to the first storage as third data information and writes the second data to the first storage as third data by referring to the second data information.”

The patent application was filed on April 4, 2018 (15/944,858).

Storage device
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (10,613,765) developed by Kim, Byoung Geun, Seoul, Korea, for “storage device, method for operating the same, and storage system including storage devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage device includes a first non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of first banks having a plurality of first addresses and a second non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of second banks having a plurality of second addresses assigned to each according to different assignment policies, and a controller. The plurality of second addresses corresponds to the plurality of first addresses. The second non-volatile memory mirrors data items stored in the first addresses to store them in the second addresses. The controller is configured to receive a command from a host to control the first non-volatile memory and the second non-volatile memory. The controller provides a read command received from the host simultaneously to first and second non-volatile memories, and outputs to the host an earlier one between data provided from the first non-volatile memory and data provided from the second non-volatile memory based on the read command.”

The patent application was filed on May 22, 2018 (15/986,157).