Intelligent storage device controller

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8645641
APP PUB NO 20100153680A1
SERIAL NO

12336909

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In a particular embodiment, a storage device includes a controller that is adapted to receive environmental data from a plurality of environmental sensors, where the environmental data is related to an operating environment of the storage device. Further, the controller is adapted to receive state information related to the data storage medium from a plurality of firmware detectors, to weight the received environmental data and the received state information according to a pre-determined weighting table, and to dynamically manage at least one attribute of the storage device based on the weighted environmental data and the weighted state information.

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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC47488 KATO ROAD FREMONT CA 94258

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Baum, Michael Edward Longmont, US 8 128
Feldman, Timothy Richard Louisville, US 28 488
Montemorra, Mike Longmont, US 2 49
Touchton, Jim Joseph Boulder, US 1 49

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