Method for manipulating state machine storage in a small memory space

US7747812B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pitney Bowes Inc. · US

Inventors

• Wesley A. Kirschner · Hamden, US
• Gary S. Jacobson · Norwalk, US
• John A. Hurd · Sanford, US
• G. Thomas Athens · Derby, US
• Steven J. Pauly · New Milford, US
• Richard Day · Boston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07B2017/00395
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method includes configuring a flash memory device including a first memory sector having a primary memory sector correspondence, a second memory sector having an alternate memory sector correspondence, and a third memory sector having a free memory sector correspondence, copying a portion of the primary memory sector to the free memory sector, erasing the primary memory sector, and changing a correspondence of each of the first memory sector, the second memory sector, and the third memory sector.