公开(公告)号：US07954049B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-31

申请号：US11383346

申请日：2006-05-15

申请人： Joseph T. Fletcher ,  Michael H. Miller ,  Justin M. Maguire

发明人： Joseph T. Fletcher ,  Michael H. Miller ,  Justin M. Maguire

IPC分类号： G06F17/24

CPC分类号： G06F17/241

摘要： A facility for annotating media files is described. In various embodiments, the facility displays a timeline indicating a duration of the media file, determines that an annotation is associated with the media file, and displays in an area near the timeline an indication of the associated annotation. In various embodiments, the facility displays a timeline indicative of a duration of the media file, receives an indication to add an annotation at an annotation time relative to the duration of the timeline, receives and stores an annotation, associates the annotation with the annotation time, and displays an indication of the stored annotation at an area near the timeline.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于注释媒体文件的功能。 在各种实施例中，设施显示指示媒体文件的持续时间的时间线，确定注释与媒体文件相关联，并且在时间线附近的区域中显示相关注释的指示。 在各种实施例中，设施显示指示媒体文件的持续时间的时间线，在相对于时间线的持续时间的注释时间接收添加注释的指示，接收并存储注释，将注释与注释时间相关联 并且在时间线附近的区域处显示所存储的注释的指示。

公开(公告)号：US09305590B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-05

申请号：US11873136

申请日：2007-10-16

申请人： Michael H. Miller

发明人： Michael H. Miller

IPC分类号： G06F21/00 ,  G11B20/00 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G11B20/18 ,  H04N5/913

CPC分类号： G11B20/00086 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G11B20/00166 ,  G11B20/0021 ,  G11B20/00231 ,  G11B20/00246 ,  G11B20/00492 ,  G11B20/005 ,  G11B20/00543 ,  G11B20/1816 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/61 ,  H04N5/913 ,  H04N2005/91364

摘要： A device comprises a data storage media storing data content and a digital signature. At least a portion of the digital signature is encrypted on the data storage media. The device also includes a removable control circuitry including a unique key. If the unique key corresponds to the encrypted portion of the digital signature, the removable control circuitry allows access to the data content. If the unique key does not correspond to the encrypted portion of the digital signature, the removable control circuitry prevents access to the data content. Embodiments of the invention may be useful to prevent a user from accessing the data content without the original control circuitry used to write the data content. For example, embodiments of the invention may prevent a user from using a different control circuitry that would readily allow unauthorized copying and distribution of the data content.

摘要翻译： 一种设备包括存储数据内容和数字签名的数据存储介质。 数字签名的至少一部分在数据存储介质上被加密。 该装置还包括一个包括唯一键的可移除控制电路。 如果唯一密钥对应于数字签名的加密部分，则可移动控制电路允许访问数据内容。 如果唯一密钥不对应于数字签名的加密部分，则可移除控制电路阻止对数据内容的访问。 本发明的实施例可以有助于防止用户在没有用于写入数据内容的原始控制电路的情况下访问数据内容。 例如，本发明的实施例可以防止用户使用容易允许未经授权复制和分发数据内容的不同控制电路。

公开(公告)号：US07836225B2

公开(公告)日：2010-11-16

申请号：US11709948

申请日：2007-02-23

申请人： David J. Cuddihy ,  Shawn C. Martin ,  Michael H. Miller ,  David A. Snell

发明人： David J. Cuddihy ,  Shawn C. Martin ,  Michael H. Miller ,  David A. Snell

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/1095 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： The present invention provides an improved method and system of improving the efficiency, and ensuring the integrity, of a data transfer in a serverless backup, or third party copy, system having one or more physical storage devices. The present invention provides improvements to the processing of serverless copy, or EXTENDED COPY, commands, and transfers of data associated with such commands. These improvements increase the speed at which such commands are executed and completed, and increase the capabilities of copy managers in serverless backup systems. The improvements also make better use of the storage devices involved in the data backup process. The method broadly includes determining a desired manner of execution of segment descriptors, or instructions, as a function of components of those instructions. Other aspects of the invention allow for execution of data segments of any size, and validation of segment descriptors and target descriptors prior to data transfer.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种提高在具有一个或多个物理存储设备的无服务器备份或第三方拷贝系统中的数据传输的效率和确保完整性的改进方法和系统。 本发明提供对无服务器复制或扩展复制，命令和与这些命令相关联的数据的传送的处理的改进。 这些改进提高了执行和完成这些命令的速度，并增加了无服务器备份系统中的副本管理器的功能。 这些改进还可以更好地利用数据备份过程中涉及的存储设备。 该方法广泛地包括根据这些指令的组件的函数确定段描述符或指令的期望执行方式。 本发明的其他方面允许在数据传输之前执行任何大小的数据段，以及片段描述符和目标描述符的验证。

公开(公告)号：US20100033866A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-11

申请号：US12186353

申请日：2008-08-05

申请人： Zine Eddine Boutaghou ,  Jason M. Feist ,  Michael H. Miller

发明人： Zine Eddine Boutaghou ,  Jason M. Feist ,  Michael H. Miller

IPC分类号： G11B21/02

CPC分类号： G11B5/6064 ,  G11B5/6005 ,  G11B19/26 ,  G11B19/28

摘要： Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to adjusting a fly height of a transducer to enable a first data access with a storage medium rotating at a first speed, rotating the storage medium at a second speed substantially different from the first speed, and adjusting the fly height of the transducer to enable a second data access with the storage medium rotating at the second speed.

摘要翻译： 本发明的各种实施方案通常涉及调整换能器的飞行高度，以便能够以第一速度旋转的存储介质进行第一数据存取，以基本上不同于第一速度的第二速度旋转存储介质，并且调整 换能器的飞行高度，以便能够以第二速度旋转的存储介质进行第二数据访问。

公开(公告)号：USRE42228E1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-15

申请号：US10723963

申请日：2003-11-26

申请人： Judy Lynn Westby ,  Michael H. Miller

发明人： Judy Lynn Westby ,  Michael H. Miller

IPC分类号： G06F11/08

CPC分类号： H04L1/0061 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/1004 ,  G06F11/2007 ,  G06F13/368 ,  G11B5/012 ,  H04L1/246 ,  H04L12/42 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/12 ,  H04L45/48 ,  H04L49/90 ,  H04L49/901 ,  H04L49/9031 ,  H04L49/9073

摘要： Cyclic-redundancy-code (“CRC”) information that is received along with a frame from a fiber-channel is stored in an on-chip frame buffer, and later checked to ensure the integrity of the data while in the frame buffer. In various embodiments, data frames, along with their CRC information, are stored into a data-frame buffer, and/or non-data frames along with their CRC information are stored into a receive-non-data-frame buffer. The improved communications channel system includes a channel node having dual ports, each port supporting a fiber-channel arbitrated-loop serial communications channel. The serial communications channels each include CRC on data transmissions on the channel, an on-chip frame memory located on-chip in the channel node that receives a data frame and the frame's associated CRC from the communications channel, and an integrity apparatus that later uses the received associated CRC for data-integrity checking of data in the on-chip frame memory. In addition, a method for using CRC for data integrity in on-chip memory is described.

摘要翻译： 与光纤信道的帧一起接收的循环冗余码（“CRC”）信息被存储在片上帧缓冲器中，并且稍后检查以确保在帧缓冲器中数据的完整性。 在各种实施例中，数据帧及其CRC信息被存储到数据帧缓冲器中，和/或非数据帧及其CRC信息被存储在接收非数据帧缓冲器中。 改进的通信信道系统包括具有双端口的信道节点，每个端口支持光纤信道仲裁环路串行通信信道。 串行通信信道各自包括在信道上的数据传输上的CRC，位于信道节点中片上的片上帧存储器，其接收来自通信信道的数据帧和帧的相关联的CRC，以及后来使用的完整性装置 所接收的相关CRC用于片内帧存储器中数据的完整性检查。 另外，描述了在片上存储器中使用CRC用于数据完整性的方法。

公开(公告)号：US07434106B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-07

申请号：US10447540

申请日：2003-05-29

申请人： Michael H. Miller

发明人： Michael H. Miller

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0676 ,  G06F11/0751

摘要： The present invention is a system and method for determining clock rate failure in a serial communication interface. A complete clock rate failure can be detected. Alternatively, or in addition, the interface includes a rate matching buffer in which fill characters are added or deleted to accommodate minor clock variations. The number of fill characters added or deleted is monitored to determine whether clock variation is outside of a desired threshold.

摘要翻译： 本发明是用于确定串行通信接口中的时钟速率故障的系统和方法。 可以检测到完整的时钟速率故障。 或者或另外，接口包括速率匹配缓冲器，其中添加或删除填充字符以适应较小的时钟变化。 监视添加或删除的填充字符的数量，以确定时钟变化是否在所需阈值之外。

公开(公告)号：US6048099A

公开(公告)日：2000-04-11

申请号：US190540

申请日：1998-11-12

申请人： Dorothy J. Muffett ,  John F. Bald ,  Michael H. Miller

发明人： Dorothy J. Muffett ,  John F. Bald ,  Michael H. Miller

IPC分类号： A45C11/20 ,  B65D81/38 ,  B65D90/06 ,  B65D33/06 ,  B65D30/14

CPC分类号： B65D81/3897 ,  A45C11/20 ,  B65D81/3853 ,  B65D81/3858 ,  B65D90/06 ,  B65D2313/02

摘要： A soft-sided insulative container includes a base, a rear wall and three side walls extending upward from the base, and a cover. The base, rear wall and cover are integrally formed, with the cover connected to the rear wall with a folding hinge. The side walls are integrally formed with each other, with the side walls connected to the base and rear wall at seams. Each side wall has a side wall ear flexibly attached to it with a folding hinge to extend inward adjacent the cover. The cover has cover ears each flexibly attached to it with a folding hinge, and cover ears extend downward around all the peripheral edges of the cover. In a closed position, each unhinged edge between the cover and the side walls includes both a side wall ear and a cover ear in an overlapping configuration. The cover ears are temporarily secured to the side walls in this closed position. The base, the side walls, the cover, the side wall ears and the cover ears are formed of three layers of flexible material, including an inside layer, an outside layer, and a thermally insulative blanket. The inside layer and the outside layer are substantially waterproof. The insulation blanket includes four separate layers, which extend continuously through the flexible hinges, but do not extend into seams.

摘要翻译： 软侧绝缘容器包括底座，后壁和从基座向上延伸的三个侧壁和盖。 基座，后壁和盖整体形成，盖与折叠铰链连接到后壁。 侧壁彼此一体地形成，侧壁在接缝处连接到基部和后壁。 每个侧壁具有侧壁耳朵，其具有柔性地附接到其上，具有折叠铰链，以在盖附近向内延伸。 该盖具有每个用折叠铰链柔性地附接到其上的盖耳朵，并且覆盖耳朵围绕盖的所有周边边缘向下延伸。 在关闭位置，盖和侧壁之间的每个未边缘的边缘包括重叠构型的侧壁耳朵和盖耳朵。 在该关闭位置，盖耳暂时固定在侧壁上。 基部，侧壁，盖，侧壁耳朵和盖耳由三层柔性材料形成，包括内层，外层和绝热毯。 内层和外层基本上是防水的。 绝缘毯包括四个独立的层，其连续地延伸穿过柔性铰链，但不延伸到接缝中。

公开(公告)号：US07031085B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-18

申请号：US10125285

申请日：2002-04-18

申请人： Michael H. Miller ,  Charles W. Thiesfeld

发明人： Michael H. Miller ,  Charles W. Thiesfeld

IPC分类号： G11B5/09

CPC分类号： G11B20/10009 ,  G11B5/012 ,  G11B27/3027 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B2220/20

摘要： The present invention is a disc drive storage unit incorporating novel apparatus, data structure and method for uniquely identifying data written during each write command operation of the disc drive storage unit. The disc drive storage unit attaches unique write identification data (sequence data, time data, or both) to host computer data written during each sector write operation. The unique write identification data is attached through independent action of the disc drive storage unit. The unique write identification data is attached to the host computer data in such a way that the unique write identification data is transparent to the host computer. The data structure relates the host computer data to the unique write identification data. The method documents the manner in which unique identification data is attached to, and detached from, the host computer data.

公开(公告)号：US06553036B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-22

申请号：US09567174

申请日：2000-05-08

申请人： Michael H. Miller ,  Judy Lynn Westby

发明人： Michael H. Miller ,  Judy Lynn Westby

IPC分类号： H04J302

CPC分类号： H04L12/5602 ,  H04L12/433

摘要： A method and apparatus for preserving loop fairness. Some embodiments include a dynamic half-duplex feature. One aspect includes a communications channel system and method for preserving loop fairness that includes a first channel node having one or more ports, each port supporting and attached to a fibre-channel arbitrated-loop serial communications channel. One of the ports will arbitrate for control of that port's attached channel, wherein control of the channel loop, once arbitration is won, a fairness-preserving apparatus causes control of the communications channel to be released based at least in part on whether a predetermined amount of use has occurred between the first port and the communications channel. In some embodiments, the predetermined amount of use includes a transfer of a first predetermined amount of data. In some embodiments, release of control of the channel is inhibited if less than a second predetermined amount of data remains to be transferred.

摘要翻译： 一种保护环路公平性的方法和装置。 一些实施例包括动态半双工特征。 一个方面包括用于保持环路公平性的通信信道系统和方法，该通信信道系统和方法包括具有一个或多个端口的第一信道节点，每个端口支持并附加到光纤信道仲裁环路串行通信信道。 其中一个端口将仲裁用于控制该端口附加的信道，其中一旦仲裁被赢得，信道环路的控制就是至少部分地基于是否预定的量来保证通信信道的控制被释放 的使用发生在第一个端口和通信信道之间。 在一些实施例中，预定的使用量包括传送第一预定量的数据。 在一些实施例中，如果小于第二预定量的数据仍然要传送，则禁止释放信道的控制。

公开(公告)号：US06493804B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-10

申请号：US09164957

申请日：1998-10-01

申请人： Steven R. Soltis ,  Matthew T. O'Keefe ,  Thomas M. Ruwart ,  Gerald A. Houlder ,  James A. Coomes ,  Michael H. Miller ,  Edward A. Soltis ,  Raymond W. Gilson ,  Kenneth W. Preslan

发明人： Steven R. Soltis ,  Matthew T. O'Keefe ,  Thomas M. Ruwart ,  Gerald A. Houlder ,  James A. Coomes ,  Michael H. Miller ,  Edward A. Soltis ,  Raymond W. Gilson ,  Kenneth W. Preslan

IPC分类号： G06F1200

CPC分类号： G06F17/30067 ,  G06F12/0815 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/311 ,  Y10S707/99939

摘要： A system includes shared Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) storage devices for processing clients coupled by a fiber channel interface. The storage devices include storage blocks, and locks controlling their use by clients. Clients issue actions to the storage devices for performing operations on the locks. A client may exclude other clients from using storage blocks using a state element to acquire the lock for shared or exclusive use. If the client modified the data, a version counter in the lock is updated when the lock is released. If an activity bit is set, the version counter is updated upon both reading and writing. Other clients can forcibly release a lock owned by a failed client by monitoring its version counter. Expiration timers associated with the locks allow acquired locks to be released by timing out. A serverless global file system (GFS) manages use of the shared storage resources, and allows remapping of the locks to the storage blocks, for example, based on activity of the locks.

摘要翻译： 系统包括用于处理由光纤通道接口耦合的客户端的共享小型计算机系统接口（SCSI）存储设备。 存储设备包括存储块和控制其客户使用的锁。 客户端向存储设备发出操作以对锁进行操作。 客户端可以使用状态元素排除其他客户端使用存储块来获取共享或独占使用的锁。 如果客户端修改了数据，则当释放锁时，更新锁中的版本计数器。 如果设置了活动位，则在读取和写入时都会更新版本计数器。 其他客户端可以通过监视其版本计数器强制释放由故障客户端拥有的锁。 与锁相关联的到期定时器允许通过超时释放所获得的锁。 无服务器全局文件系统（GFS）管理共享存储资源的使用，并允许将锁重新映射到存储块，例如，基于锁的活动。