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AssigneeMatrix Semiconductor, Inc.
InventorsRoger W. March, Christopher S. Moore, Daniel T. Brown, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson
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The preferred embodiments described herein provide a memory device and methods for use therewith. In one preferred embodiment, a method is presented for using a file system to dynamically respond to variability in an indicated minimum number of memory cells of first and second write-once memory devices. In another preferred embodiment, a method for overwriting data in a memory device is described in which an error code is disregarded after a destructive pattern is written. In yet another preferred embodiment, a method is presented in which, after a block of memory has been allocated for a file to be stored in a memory device, available lines in that block are determined. Another preferred embodiment relates to reserving at least one memory cell in a memory device for file structures or file system structures. A memory device is also provided in which file system structures of at least two file systems are stored in the same memory partition. Additionally, methods for permanently preventing modification of data stored in a memory device and for identifying memory cells storing data are disclosed.
A method for storing data in first and second write-once memory devices, the method comprising:
The method of claim 1, wherein the indication in at least one of (a) and (c) is sent in response to a reset command sent from the file system.
A method for overwriting data in a memory device comprising a first and second set of memory cells, the method comprising:
A method for storing first and second files in a memory device, the method comprising:
A method for storing first and second files in a memory device, the method comprising:
A method for storing a file in a contiguous set of memory cells in a memory device, the method comprising:
A method for partitioning memory cells in a write-once memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells, the method comprising:
A method for writing file system structures of two file systems into a partition of memory cells of a memory device, the method comprising:
A method for writing file system structures of two file systems into a partition of memory cells of a memory device, the method comprising:
A memory device comprising a partition of memory cells, the memory device comprising:
A method for permanently preventing modification of a partition of a memory device, the method comprising:
A method for permanently preventing modification of a file stored in a memory device, the method comprising:
A method for identifying memory cells storing data in a memory device, the method comprising:
A method for identifying memory cells storing data in a memory device, the method comprising:
A write-once memory device comprising:
A method for storing data and error checking and correcting (ECC) code bits in a write-once memory device, the method comprising:
A three-dimensional electronic memory device comprising:
A method for storing data and error checking and correcting (ECC) code bits in a three-dimensional electronic memory device, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.