Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intelligent partitioning of external memory devices
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Application No.: US14494033Application Date: 2014-09-23
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Publication No.: US10565139B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Ross Gilson
- Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F13/18
- IPC: G06F13/18 ; G06F12/00

Abstract:
Multiple memory devices, such as hard drives, can be combined and logical partitions can be formed between the drives to allow a user to control regions on the drives that will be used for storing content, and also to provide redundancy of stored content in the event that one of the drives fails. Priority levels can be assigned to content recordings such that higher value content can be stored in more locations and easily accessible locations within the utilized drives. Users can control and organize how recorded content is stored between the drives such that an external drive may be removed from a first gateway device and attached to a second gateway device without losing the ability to access the recorded content from the first gateway device at a later time. In this manner, a user is provided with the ability to transport an external drive containing stored content recordings between multiple different gateway devices such that the recordings may be accessed at different locations or user premises.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150081990A1 Intelligent Partitioning of External Memory Devices Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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