James M. Higgins

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Chandler, AZ, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Data retention management after power off
- Patent number 12,086,018
- Issue date Sep 10, 2024
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Lisha Wang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Distributed power management for non-volatile memory controllers
- Patent number 10,684,794
- Issue date Jun 16, 2020
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Reed P. Tidwell
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Storage control system with data management mechanism and method of...
- Patent number 10,546,648
- Issue date Jan 28, 2020
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Distributed power management for non-volatile memory controllers us...
- Patent number 10,509,591
- Issue date Dec 17, 2019
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Reed P. Tidwell
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Selectively throttling host reads for read disturbs in non-volatile...
- Patent number 10,481,830
- Issue date Nov 19, 2019
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Scaling large drives using enhanced DRAM ECC
- Patent number 10,459,786
- Issue date Oct 29, 2019
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for blending data reclamation and data integrity...
- Patent number 10,339,044
- Issue date Jul 2, 2019
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for flash buffer sizing
- Patent number 9,904,621
- Issue date Feb 27, 2018
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for dynamic word line based configuration of a th...
- Patent number 9,898,364
- Issue date Feb 20, 2018
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for limiting write command execution
- Patent number 9,778,878
- Issue date Oct 3, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- John G. Hodgdon
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Secure erase of non-volatile memory
- Patent number 9,779,823
- Issue date Oct 3, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Jacob B. Schmier
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Method and system for improving error correction in data storage
- Patent number 9,747,157
- Issue date Aug 29, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Low read data storage management
- Patent number 9,715,939
- Issue date Jul 25, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Data storage system with dynamic erase block grouping mechanism and...
- Patent number 9,665,295
- Issue date May 30, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Sub-block garbage collection
- Patent number 9,652,381
- Issue date May 16, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Suspending and resuming non-volatile memory operations
- Patent number 9,645,744
- Issue date May 9, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for die failure testing
- Patent number 9,606,882
- Issue date Mar 28, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Scott Creasman
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Throttling command execution in non-volatile memory systems based o...
- Patent number 9,582,211
- Issue date Feb 28, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Storage system power management using controlled execution of pendi...
- Patent number 9,575,677
- Issue date Feb 21, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Storage control system with power-off time estimation mechanism and...
- Patent number 9,543,025
- Issue date Jan 10, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Adaptive erase of a storage device
- Patent number 9,520,197
- Issue date Dec 13, 2016
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Data storage system with stale data mechanism and method of operati...
- Patent number 9,448,946
- Issue date Sep 20, 2016
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Data storage system with dynamic erase block grouping mechanism and...
- Patent number 9,431,113
- Issue date Aug 30, 2016
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Electronic system with storage drive life estimation mechanism and...
- Patent number 9,361,222
- Issue date Jun 7, 2016
- Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
- James Fitzpatrick
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Biasing for wear leveling in storage systems
- Patent number 9,298,608
- Issue date Mar 29, 2016
- Sandisk Enterprise IP LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Storage control system with data management mechanism and method of...
- Patent number 9,183,137
- Issue date Nov 10, 2015
- Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
- Jacob Schmier
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Data management with modular erase in a data storage system
- Patent number 9,152,555
- Issue date Oct 6, 2015
- Sandisk Enterprise IP LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Data storage system with dynamic read threshold mechanism and metho...
- Patent number 9,146,850
- Issue date Sep 29, 2015
- SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Grant
Electronic system with storage management mechanism and method of o...
- Patent number 9,098,399
- Issue date Aug 4, 2015
- Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for staggered memory operations
- Patent number 9,093,160
- Issue date Jul 28, 2015
- SanDisk Technologies Inc.
- Robert W. Ellis
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
DATA RETENTION MANAGEMENT AFTER POWER OFF
- Publication number 20240070003
- Publication date Feb 29, 2024
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Lisha WANG
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SCALING LARGE DRIVES USING ENHANCED DRAM ECC
- Publication number 20180373590
- Publication date Dec 27, 2018
- Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- James M. HIGGINS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Distributed Power Management for Non-Volatile Memory Controllers
- Publication number 20180335977
- Publication date Nov 22, 2018
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Reed P. Tidwell
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Distributed Power Management for Non-Volatile Memory Controllers Us...
- Publication number 20180335978
- Publication date Nov 22, 2018
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Reed P. Tidwell
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Selectively Throttling Host Reads for Read Disturbs in Non-Volatile...
- Publication number 20180024777
- Publication date Jan 25, 2018
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Systems and Methods for Optimizing Media Read Times
- Publication number 20170371559
- Publication date Dec 28, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Method and System for Blending Data Reclamation and Data Integrity...
- Publication number 20170286288
- Publication date Oct 5, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Fast Bulk Secure Erase at the Device Level
- Publication number 20170194052
- Publication date Jul 6, 2017
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Jacob B. Schmier
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Low Read Data Storage Management
- Publication number 20170047124
- Publication date Feb 16, 2017
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Data Storage System with Dynamic Erase Block Grouping Mechanism and...
- Publication number 20160364155
- Publication date Dec 15, 2016
- SanDisk Technologies LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Method and System for Limiting Write Command Execution
- Publication number 20160313944
- Publication date Oct 27, 2016
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- John G. Hodgdon
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Suspending and Resuming Non-Volatile Memory Operations
- Publication number 20160026386
- Publication date Jan 28, 2016
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Methods and Systems for Flash Buffer Sizing
- Publication number 20160019137
- Publication date Jan 21, 2016
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Methods and Systems for Die Failure Testing
- Publication number 20160019127
- Publication date Jan 21, 2016
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- Scott Creasman
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Sub-Block Garbage Collection
- Publication number 20150370701
- Publication date Dec 24, 2015
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Method and System for Dynamic Word Line Based Configuration of a Th...
- Publication number 20150347229
- Publication date Dec 3, 2015
- SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Throttling Command Execution in Non-Volatile Memory Systems Based o...
- Publication number 20150309751
- Publication date Oct 29, 2015
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Storage System Power Management Using Controlled Execution of Pendi...
- Publication number 20150309752
- Publication date Oct 29, 2015
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Adaptive Erase of a Storage Device
- Publication number 20150149699
- Publication date May 28, 2015
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
DATA MANAGEMENT WITH MODULAR ERASE IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
- Publication number 20150143068
- Publication date May 21, 2015
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING ERROR CORRECTION IN DATA STORAGE
- Publication number 20150135033
- Publication date May 14, 2015
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- Robert W. Ellis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Biasing for Wear Leveling in Storage Systems
- Publication number 20150113206
- Publication date Apr 23, 2015
- SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC
- James Fitzpatrick
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Storage Control System with Settings Adjustment Mechanism and Metho...
- Publication number 20150046664
- Publication date Feb 12, 2015
- Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
- James Fitzpatrick
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Electronic System with Storage Drive Life Estimation Mechanism and...
- Publication number 20150046635
- Publication date Feb 12, 2015
- Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
- James Fitzpatrick
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Data Storage System with Dynamic Erase Block Grouping Mechanism and...
- Publication number 20150043277
- Publication date Feb 12, 2015
- Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
Data Storage System with Stale Data Mechanism and Method of Operati...
- Publication number 20150046665
- Publication date Feb 12, 2015
- Smart Storage Systems, Inc.
- James M. Higgins
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DATA STORAGE SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC READ THRESHOLD MECHANISM AND METHO...
- Publication number 20150039842
- Publication date Feb 5, 2015
- SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
- James Fitzpatrick
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH POWER-OFF TIME ESTIMATION MECHANISM AND...
- Publication number 20140310445
- Publication date Oct 16, 2014
- SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
- James Fitzpatrick
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DATA MANAGEMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF...
- Publication number 20140310494
- Publication date Oct 16, 2014
- SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
- James M. Higgins
- G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information Patent Application
STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DATA MANAGEMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF...
- Publication number 20140244899
- Publication date Aug 28, 2014
- SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
- Jacob Schmier
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

James M. Higgins

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Data retention management after power off

Distributed power management for non-volatile memory controllers

Storage control system with data management mechanism and method of...

Distributed power management for non-volatile memory controllers us...

Selectively throttling host reads for read disturbs in non-volatile...

Scaling large drives using enhanced DRAM ECC

Method and system for blending data reclamation and data integrity...

Methods and systems for flash buffer sizing

Method and system for dynamic word line based configuration of a th...

Method and system for limiting write command execution

Secure erase of non-volatile memory

Method and system for improving error correction in data storage

Low read data storage management

Data storage system with dynamic erase block grouping mechanism and...

Sub-block garbage collection

Suspending and resuming non-volatile memory operations

Methods and systems for die failure testing

Throttling command execution in non-volatile memory systems based o...

Storage system power management using controlled execution of pendi...

Storage control system with power-off time estimation mechanism and...

Adaptive erase of a storage device

Data storage system with stale data mechanism and method of operati...

Data storage system with dynamic erase block grouping mechanism and...

Electronic system with storage drive life estimation mechanism and...

Biasing for wear leveling in storage systems

Storage control system with data management mechanism and method of...

Data management with modular erase in a data storage system

Data storage system with dynamic read threshold mechanism and metho...

Electronic system with storage management mechanism and method of o...

Methods and systems for staggered memory operations

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

DATA RETENTION MANAGEMENT AFTER POWER OFF

SCALING LARGE DRIVES USING ENHANCED DRAM ECC

Distributed Power Management for Non-Volatile Memory Controllers

Distributed Power Management for Non-Volatile Memory Controllers Us...

Selectively Throttling Host Reads for Read Disturbs in Non-Volatile...

Systems and Methods for Optimizing Media Read Times

Method and System for Blending Data Reclamation and Data Integrity...

Fast Bulk Secure Erase at the Device Level

Low Read Data Storage Management

Data Storage System with Dynamic Erase Block Grouping Mechanism and...

Method and System for Limiting Write Command Execution

Suspending and Resuming Non-Volatile Memory Operations

Methods and Systems for Flash Buffer Sizing

Methods and Systems for Die Failure Testing

Sub-Block Garbage Collection

Method and System for Dynamic Word Line Based Configuration of a Th...

Throttling Command Execution in Non-Volatile Memory Systems Based o...

Storage System Power Management Using Controlled Execution of Pendi...

Adaptive Erase of a Storage Device

DATA MANAGEMENT WITH MODULAR ERASE IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING ERROR CORRECTION IN DATA STORAGE

Biasing for Wear Leveling in Storage Systems

Storage Control System with Settings Adjustment Mechanism and Metho...

Electronic System with Storage Drive Life Estimation Mechanism and...

Data Storage System with Dynamic Erase Block Grouping Mechanism and...

Data Storage System with Stale Data Mechanism and Method of Operati...

DATA STORAGE SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC READ THRESHOLD MECHANISM AND METHO...

STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH POWER-OFF TIME ESTIMATION MECHANISM AND...

STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DATA MANAGEMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF...

STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DATA MANAGEMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF...