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US 2016/0253111 A1Published application
Storage device and storing method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMinoru Yamamoto, Masakazu Kitahara, Kiyotaka Sasaki, Seiji Inamura
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a storage device is provided which includes a control unit configured to, in case that first data coincides with third data out of second data of a second size greater than the first size stored on a storage medium, do not write fourth data obtained by replacing the third data included in the second data with the first data onto the storage medium.
Claims20
A storage device comprising:
- a storage medium;
- a receiving unit configured to receive, from an external device, first data of a first size to be written onto the storage medium;
- and
- a control unit configured to, in case that the first data coincides with third data out of second data of a second size greater than the first size stored on the storage medium, do not write fourth data obtained by replacing the third data included in the second data with the first data onto the storage medium, the third data being stored on a first area which is the destination to write the first data.
1 more element
A storing method comprising:
- Receiving, from an external device, first data of a first size to be written onto a storage medium;
- and
- in case that the first data coincides with third data out of second data of a second size greater than the first size stored on the storage medium, not writing fourth data obtained by replacing the third data included in the second data with the first data onto the storage medium, the third data being stored on a first area which is the destination to write the first data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.