Samsung Electronics Assigned Twenty Patents

Storage device having controller that communicates with each of 2 memories through separate interfaces
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea, has been assigned a patent (11762558) developed by Yoo, Younggeon, Seoul, Korea, Seol, Changkyu, Osan-si, Korea, Kim, Hyeonwu, Gyeongsangbuk-Do, Korea, and Song, Hyeongseok, Ansan-si, Korea, for a “storage device having a controller that communicates with each of two memories through separate interfaces.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage device includes a first memory device including a plurality of first memory cells, a second memory device including a plurality of second memory cells having the same type as the plurality of first memory cells, and a controller that communicates with the first memory device through a first memory interface and communicates with the second memory device through a second memory interface having an operating speed higher than an operating speed of the first memory interface.”

The patent application was filed on 2019-08-07 (16/533883).

Disk sharing for cloud content storage
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11765235) developed by Ki, Yang Seok, and Ryu, Sungwook, Palo Alto, CA, for “system and method of disk sharing for cloud content storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A content provider system includes: a repository to store a catalog of content, a storage device including at least a first port and a second port, a first hosted device connected to the first port over a first storage interface for access to the storage device, and to execute content stored in the storage device to provide the content to a first user device, a second hosted device connected to the second port over a second storage interface for access to the storage device, and to execute the content stored in the storage device to provide the content to a second user device, and one or more processing circuits to control access to the storage device from the first and second ports by the first and second hosted devices.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-08-06 (16/987132).

Operating storage device and method of operating storage system using same
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11762572) developed by Morabad, Gururaj, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for “method of operating storage device and method of operating storage system using the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In a method of operating storage devices including a first storage device and a second storage device connected to each other via a host device, a data migration request for a first namespace included in the first storage device is received. A second namespace is generated in the second storage device. The second namespace corresponds to the first namespace. A pointer table that is used to perform a data migration operation corresponding to the data migration request is set. First data and second data are migrated to the second namespace based on the pointer table. The first data is stored in the first namespace. The second data is stored in a first buffer memory included in the first storage device and corresponds to the first namespace. Based on the data migration operation being performed, the second data is directly transmitted from the first buffer memory to the second namespace.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-06-22 (17/354330).

Storage device with concurrent initialization and fingerprint recognition
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11755705) developed by Park, Youngjin, Incheon, Korea, and Jung, Ilgyu, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for “storage device with concurrent initialization and fingerprint recognition.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method is provided for operating a storage device having biometric security protection, including: simultaneously starting both a device initialization operation and a biometric recognition operation, and if the device initialization operation has completed and the biometric recognition operation has successfully completed, setting the storage device to a normal access mode permitting external access to the storage device in accordance with the biometric security protection, wherein the device initialization operation and the biometric recognition operation are performed concurrently.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-06-09 (16/896544).

Storage system and method for operating storage system based on buffer utilization
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11755241) developed by Park, Junbum, Suwon-si, Korea, for “storage system and method for operating storage system based on buffer utilization.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage device includes a buffer memory configured to temporarily store data, a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, a storage controller circuit configured to generate buffer memory status information by monitoring a status of the buffer memory and operating in a congestion control mode of setting a buffer memory data transmission authority of a nonvolatile memory based on the generated buffer memory status information, and a first interface circuit configured to communicate with the storage controller circuit and the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, wherein the first interface circuit is connected to a network based on an Ethernet interface.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-12-13 (17/548889).

Storage controller, device, and operation method of storage device
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11756599) developed by Hwang, Soon Suk, Ansan-si, Korea, for “storage controller, storage device, and operation method of storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An operation method of a storage device, which includes a storage controller and a nonvolatile memory device, includes performing first boot-up operation, performing first training on a plurality of data signals such that a detection operation of the first training is repeatedly performed on windows of the data signals, storing offset information generated based on a result of the first training, performing a normal operation based on the result of the first training, performing a second boot-up operation, performing second training on the plurality of data signals based on the offset information generated in the first training such that a detection operation of the second training is repeatedly performed on a left edge section and a right edge section of windows of the data signals, and performing the normal operation based on a result of the second training.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-11-10 (17/523369).

Storage device storing data in order based on barrier command
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea, has been assigned a patent (11741010) developed by Hwang, JooYoung, Suwon-si, Korea, for a “storage device storing data in order based on barrier command.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method of programming data to a storage device including a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving first to third barrier commands from a host, receiving first to third data corresponding to the first to third barrier commands from the host, merging the first and second barrier commands and programming the first and second data to the nonvolatile memory device sequentially based on an order of the first and second barrier commands, verifying program completion of both the first and second data, mapping in mapping information of the first and second data when the programming of the first and second data is completed, and mapping out the information of both the first and second data when the programming of at least one of the first and second data is not complete, and programming the third data to the nonvolatile memory device after the mapping in or the mapping out.”

The patent application was filed on 2019-01-02 (16/238342).

Storage device for storing model information, system including storage device, and operating method of storage system
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea, has been assigned a patent (11740829) developed by Seo, Jungmin, Seongnam-si, Korea, and Kim, Byeonghui, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for “storage device for storing model information, storage system including the storage device, and operating method of the storage system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage device includes a memory device storing model information of a machine learning model, and a storage controller that controls an operation of the storage device using the machine learning model. The storage controller, upon receiving a get command for extracting the model information from the host device, reads the model information from the memory device in response to the get command and transmits the model information to the host device.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-09-25 (17/032198).

Storage device, latch assembly and storage device assembly comprising same
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11744033) developed by Hur, Sung Chui, Yongin-si, Korea, Kim, Bum Jun, Seoul, Korea, Kim, Jung Soo, Yongin-si, Korea, and Hong, Young Seok, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for “storage device, latch assembly and storage device assembly comprising the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage device assembly is provided. The storage device assembly includes a latch assembly having a body and a hook mounted on the body, the hook having elasticity and having distal ends thereof bend away from the body, and a storage device to be joined to the latch assembly. The storage device includes a memory module including a memory connector, and a first enclosure and a second enclosure that encase the memory module except for an opening through which the memory connector is accessible. The first enclosure includes fixing holes corresponding to the distal ends of the hook and configured to accommodate the distal ends of the hook in a configuration in which the storage device is joined to the latch assembly.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-04-12 (17/228155).

Storage device initiating maintenance operation actively without instruction of host and electronic system including same
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11733883) developed by Kwak, Youngho, Seoul, Korea, Shim, Hojun, Yongin-si, Korea, and Choi, Kwanghee, Seongnam-si, Korea, for “storage device initiating maintenance operation actively without instruction of host and electronic system including the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage device comprises a controller and a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices. Maintenance conditions of the nonvolatile memory devices are monitored internally by the storage device. Upon determining that a maintenance condition is satisfied, the storage device notifies an external host. The controller may perform the maintenance operations on the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices with little disruption to the host and assure data is reliably maintained by the nonvolatile memory devices.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-10-26 (17/511198).

Storage device block-level failure prediction-based data placement
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11734093) developed by Elyasi, Nima, and Choi, Changho, San Jose, CA, for a “storage device block-level failure prediction-based data placement.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In a method for data placement in a storage device including one or more blocks and a controller, the method including: receiving, by the controller of the storage device, a request to write data, determining, by the controller, a data status of the data, calculating, by the controller, one or more vulnerability factors of the one or more blocks, determining, by the controller, one or more block statuses of the one or more blocks based on the one or more vulnerability factors, selecting, by the controller, a target block from the one or more blocks based on the data status and the one or more block statuses, and writing, by the controller, the data to the target block.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-09-01 (17/009684).

Storage system managing metadata, host system controlling storage system, and storage system operating method
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea, has been assigned a patent (11726688) developed by Choi, Jaeyoon, Kim, Seokhwan, Seoul, Korea, Balakrishnan, Suman Prakash, Bangalore, India, Kim, Dongjin, Kim, Chansol, Hwaseong-si, Korea, Rho, Eunhee, Seoul, Korea, Jang, Hyejeong, Hwaseong-si, Korea, and Jun, Walter, Seoul, Korea, for “storage system managing metadata, host system controlling storage system, and storage system operating method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage system communicates with a host system and includes a storage device including storage medium divided into a plurality of blocks including high reliability blocks and reserve blocks, and a controller. The controller provides the host system with block information identifying the high reliability blocks among the plurality of blocks, receives a block allocation request from the host system, wherein the block allocation request is defined with reference to the block information and identifies at least one high reliability block to be used to store metadata, and allocates at least one high reliability block to a meta region in response to the block allocation request. The controller includes a bad block manager that manages an allocation operation performed in response to the block allocation request, and a repair module that repairs an error in metadata stored in one of the high reliability blocks.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-03-30 (16/834779).

3D memory devices
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11729972) developed by Son, Younghwan, Hwaseong-si, Korea, Kang, Seogoo, Seoul, Korea, and Han, Jeehoon, Suwon-si, Korea, for “3D memory devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a channel structure on a substrate and extending in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, a plurality of gate electrodes on the substrate and spaced apart from one another in the first direction on a sidewall of the channel structure, and a gate insulating layer between each of the plurality of gate electrodes and the channel structure, wherein the channel structure includes a body gate layer extending in the first direction, a charge storage structure surrounding a sidewall of the body gate layer, and a channel layer surrounding sidewall of the charge storage structure.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-04-09 (16/844429).

Converting electronic flash storage device to byte-addressable NVM module
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11726681) developed by George, Arun, Sharma, Anshul, Krishnan, Rajesh, and G, Vishak, Bangalore, India, for “method and system for converting electronic flash storage device to byte-addressable nonvolatile memory module.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for converting an electronic flash storage device having a byte addressable storage (ByAS) and a block addressable flash storage (BlAS) to a single byte addressable storage includes receiving, by a host, a request for memory allocation from the ByAS, the receiving being from a first application among of a plurality of applications running on a processor, deallocating, by the host, a least relevant page allocated to at least one second application among the plurality of applications, moving, by the host, a content to the BlAS at a first BlAS location, the content related to the least relevant page, the moving based on the deallocation, allocating, by the host, the least relevant page to the first application, and updating, by the host, a cache metadata and a page lookup table of the first application and the at least one second application based on the deallocation and allocation.”

The patent application was filed on 2019-12-23 (16/724607).

Storage device configured to change power state based on reference clock from host device and method for operating same
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11726677) developed by Noh, Kwanwoo, Seo, Sungho, and Jeong, Yongwoo, Seoul, Korea, for “storage device configured to change power state based on reference clock from host device and method for operating the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed is a storage device which includes an interface circuit that exchanges data with a host device, and a power management unit that supplies a power to the interface circuit. The interface circuit includes a first input terminal receiving a first signal from the host device, a second input terminal receiving a second signal complementary to the first signal from the host device, a receive module processing the first signal and the second signal, a squelch circuit detecting levels of the first signal and the second signal, and a reference clock detector detecting whether a reference clock for operating the storage device is received. The power management unit selectively supplies a power to the squelch circuit based on a result of the detection by the reference clock detector.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-01-06 (17/142627).

Operating method of storage device setting secure mode of command, and operating method of storage system including storage device
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11726672) developed by Jung, Daejin, Suwon-si, Korea, Kim, Dong-Min, Park, Jeong-Woo, and Lee, Kyoung Back, Hwaseong-si, Korea, for “operating method of storage device setting secure mode of command, and operating method of storage system including the storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Provided is a storage device which communicates with a host device and configured to set a secure mode of a plurality of commands different in kind. An operating method of the storage device includes receiving a secure request indicating a protection of a first command and a protection of a second command of the plurality of commands, from the host device, setting a secure mode of the first and second commands, based on the secure request, receiving a first request indicating a request to execute the first command, from the host device, outputting a first response indicating failure of the first command to the host device, based on the first request, receiving a second request indicating a request to execute the second command, from the host device, and outputting a second response indicating failure of the second command to the host device, based on the second request.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-10-19 (17/505064).

Systems, methods, and devices for storage with specified data transfer rate
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea, has been assigned a patent (11726659) developed by Kachare, Ramdas P., Pleasanton, CA, and Ryu, Sungwook, Palo Alto, CA, for “operating method of storage device setting secure mode of command, and operating method of storage system including the storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method may include receiving, at a storage device, a command for a data transfer between the storage device and a host, determining a specified data rate for the data transfer, and performing the data transfer between the storage device and the host based on the command, wherein the storage device may control the data transfer based on the specified data rate. The data transfer may include a peak portion and an idle portion. The method may further include controlling, at the storage device, a peak portion and an idle portion of the data transfer based on the specified data rate. The method may further include controlling, at the storage device, the data transfer based on a peak burst size. The specified data rate may be received from the host and/or determined by the storage device by monitoring one or more parameters of a data transfer.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-05-05 (17/308991).

Storing and distributing file content in MC network
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11729253) developed by Ramamoorthy, Arunprasath, Kapale, Kiran Gurudev, and Pattan, Basavaraj Jayawant, Bangalore, India, for “method and device for storing and distributing file content in MC network.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method, performed by a mission critical data (MCData) message store entity, of depositing MCData for file distribution (FD). the method includes receiving a MCData deposit an object request message or a MCData retrieve file to store locally request message, wherein the MCData deposit an object request message comprises information regarding the object and the MCData retrieve file to store locally request message comprises information regarding object identifier, based on the MCData deposit an object request message or the MCData retrieve file to store locally request message, retrieving uniform resource locator (URL) of file content in a MCData content server, based on a result of the retrieving, fetching the file content from the MCData content server, storing the file content into a MCData user’s storage area in the MCData message store entity, and updating the object with the URL referencing the file content stored in the MCData user’s storage area.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-10-01 (17/492394).

Storage controller for selecting gear level of storage device and storage system including same
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (11726871) developed by Lee, Jae-Kun, Suwon-si, Korea, Kwon, Jea-Young, Hwaseong-si, Korea, Kim, Hwan, Hanam-si, Korea, Yoon, Song Ho, Yongin-si, Korea, and Chang, Sil Wan, Suwon-si, Korea, for “storage controller for selecting a gear level of a storage device and storage system including the same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage system may include a memory device including a first region including a single-level cell and a second region different from the first region, and a storage controller configured to read data from the first region at a first gear level of a plurality of gear levels, determine an error level of the read data and a state of the memory device, and change the first gear level to a second gear level of the plurality of gear levels based on the determined error level of the data and the determined state of the memory device.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-09-03 (17/466392).

Virtualizing fabric-attached storage devices
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea, has been assigned a patent (11720413) developed by Lee, Ronald, Pleasanton, CA, for “systems and methods for virtualizing fabric-attached storage devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed are systems and methods of providing virtualized storage that may include establishing, through a load balancer, a transport connection between a device and a group of fabric-attached storage devices, and transferring data between the device and the group of fabric-attached storage devices through the transport connection using a transport protocol, wherein the group of fabric-attached storage devices comprises two or more fabric-attached storage devices and is accessed by the device as a logical storage device. A storage device may include a storage medium, a network fabric interface, and a storage controller configured to transfer data between the storage medium and a device through the network fabric interface over a transport connection, wherein the storage controller is configured to share the transport connection with another data storage device that is fabric-attached.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-06-08 (16/896201).