Amplidata Assigned Patent

Amplidata NV, (acquired by HGST, Inc. company), Lochristi, Belgium, has been assigned a patent (9,135,136) developed by De Schrijver, Frederik, Wenduine, Belgium, Slootmaekers, Romain Raymond Agnes, Heverlee, Belgium, Stougie, Bastiaan, Melle, Belgium, Damad, Joost Yervante, Hulshout, Belgium, De Wispelaere, Wim, Ghent, Belgium, Van Eetvelde, Wouter, Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium, and De Vylder, Bart, Sinaai, Belgium, for an “object storage system for an unreliable storage medium.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method and computer device for storage and retrieval of a data object on a storage medium. The method includes steps of disassembling the data object into a predetermined number of redundant sub blocks, storing the redundant sub blocks on the storage medium, retrieving at least a predetermined multiple of a minimal spreading requirement of the redundant sub blocks from the storage medium, and assembling the data object from any combination of a particular number of the redundant sub blocks, the particular number corresponding to a predetermined multiple of a minimal spreading requirement. The computer device includes modules for performing the steps.“

The patent application was filed on January 14, 2014 (14/154,442).