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Reading a storage medium

US7437504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 2005
Grant dateOct 14, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0676
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provides methods, systems and devices for reading a storage medium. A method for reading a storage medium according to the invention includes the following steps: First, it is determined if an access sequence requested by an application to data stored on the disk drive is a part of a known access sequence. Then, if the requested access sequence is part of a known access sequence, the data are read from a data arrangement stored on the medium in addition to an original data arrangement which additional data arrangement differs in its arrangement of data from the arrangement of data in the original data arrangement.

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