Abstract:
An optical or magnetic storage medium is disclosed that includes a disc having layers of graphene on one or both sides of the disc to provide wear protection against scratches and mechanical abrasion.
Abstract:
A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within carbon nanotubes, which are arranged in a substrate to facilitate the reading and writing of information by a read/write head. The substrate may be flexible or rigid. Information is stored on the magnetic nanoparticles via the read/write head of a storage device. These magnetic nanoparticles are arranged into data tracks to store information through encapsulation within the carbon nanotubes. As carbon nanotubes are bendable, the carbon nanotubes may be arranged on flexible or rigid substrates, such as a polymer tape or disk for flexible media, or a glass substrate for rigid disk. A polymer may assist holding the nano-particle filled carbon-tubes to the substrate.
Abstract:
An improved storage device is disclosed having an interface, a controller in communication with this interface, a memory in communication with the controller, wireless communications system, volume control and audio output, battery, and a light-emitting-diode assembly or other multi-colored display in communication with the controller. The light-emitting-diode assembly has a first and a second light-emitting-diode element, the first and second light-emitting-diode elements emitting a first and a second color of light, respectively. The first light-emitting-diode element and said second light-emitting-diode element each independently controlled by the controller via pulse-width-modulation, to produce a third color which appears to be in between the first and second colors in wavelength, this third color indicative of the percent completion of an I/O task, the usage of the memory, volume level, wireless strength, or battery strength.
Abstract:
A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within carbon nanotubes, which are arranged in a substrate to facilitate the reading and writing of information by a read/write head. The substrate may be flexible or rigid. Information is stored on the magnetic nanoparticles via the read/write head of a storage device. These magnetic nanoparticles are arranged into data tracks to store information through encapsulation within the carbon nanotubes. As carbon nanotubes are bendable, the carbon nanotubes may be arranged on flexible or rigid substrates, such as a polymer tape or disk for flexible media, or a glass substrate for rigid disk. A polymer may assist holding the nano-particle filled carbon-tubes to the substrate. Magnetic fields may be applied to draw the carbon nanotubes into data tracks and orient the carbon nanotubes within the data tracks.
Abstract:
An improved portable storage device is disclosed having an interface, a controller in communication with this interface, a memory in communication with the controller, and a light-emitting-diode assembly in communication with the controller. The light-emitting-diode assembly has a first and a second light-emitting-diode element, the first and second light-emitting-diode elements emitting a first and a second color of light, respectively. The first light-emitting-diode element and said second light-emitting-diode element each independently controlled by the controller via pulse-width-modulation, to produce a third color which appears to be in between the first and second colors in wavelength, this third color indicative of the percent completion of an I/O task or the usage of the memory.
Abstract:
The present specification discloses a blockchain zipper encrypted package. The blockchain zipper encrypted package is formed of a dual blockchain structure where the two blockchains are logically interlocked in order to form a zipper encrypted package. One of the two blockchains is a data blockchain that contains data. The data contained by the data blockchain can be any form of data: financial data, medical data, business data, technical data, software data, informational data, executable data, and data in the form of: emails, spreadsheets, documents, photographs, media, images, photos, video, music, or any kind of file. The other of the two blockchains is a public key encryption blockchain that contains prime numbers used to encrypt and decrypt the data blockchain. Public key encryption requires two prime numbers. These two prime numbers are stored in different blockchain blocks that are adjacent to each other according to the present specification.
Abstract:
The present specification discloses a blockchain having a finite number of blockchain blocks secured in a loop with a locking blockchain block executed by instructions stored on a non-volatile computer tangible medium. The blockchain has a genesis blockchain block and a terminating blockchain block that ends the blockchain. The blockchain also has a blockchain lock block that includes a hash digest based on a hash digest from the genesis blockchain block and a hash digest from the terminating blockchain block. The blockchain lock block logically locks the genesis blockchain block to the terminating blockchain block forming the blockchain into a loop by cryptographically linking the genesis blockchain block to the terminating blockchain block, thereby preventing the addition of new blockchain blocks in the blockchain that continue a conventional blockchain through hashes based on just the previous blockchain block.
Abstract:
Digital media that has been blockchained into a blockchain file format may be stored into a secondary file format like a Material eXchange Format (MXF) digital file by deconstructing the blockchain file and storing its subcomponent blockchain data and blockchain hash digests for each block within separate structures of the MXF digital file by generating a table for the blockchain hash digests that links to the blockchain data through data pointers. These separate structures of the MXF digital file are the generic container for a media file and a SDTI-CP (Serial Data Transport Interface—Content Package) compatible system item.
Abstract:
The present specification discloses a process for selecting a desired audio codec from a plurality of audio codecs. This selection is done by creating a matched filter utilizing an original audio clip to determine a plurality of different power spectrums of the original audio clip when processed with a plurality of different audio codecs and identifying a selected audio codec from the plurality of different audio codecs having a highest power spectrum. A process for selecting an optimal audio codec for an audio clip is disclosed for media performance based on network constraints. This process includes determining a power spectrum of an original audio clip when processed with a plurality of different audio codecs utilizing a matched filter based on the original audio clip and selecting an optimal audio codec from the plurality of different audio codecs based on the power spectrum and a file size.
Abstract:
A magnetic tape cartridge secured with a blockchain is disclosed. The magnetic tape cartridge includes a solid-state cartridge memory, a reel of magnetic tape containing data, and a blockchain having a series of blocks. Each block in the blockchain contains a hash digest based on a portion of the data stored on the reel of magnetic tape and data pointers that link that portion of data stored on the reel of magnetic tape to each respective block. The blockchain blocks are stored in the solid-state cartridge memory. The portion of data upon which the hash digest is based is not redundantly stored in the solid-state cartridge memory with the block. The portion of data may be a logical volume, a logical partition, or all data stored on the reel of magnetic tape. The magnetic tape cartridge may also include a table containing pages stored within the solid-state cartridge memory with one of the pages being allocated for containing the blockchain.