Patent ID: 9720615
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for writing data to a sequential storage medium, the method comprising: writing a plurality of data blocks sequentially to the sequential storage medium; and writing a data pattern to an area on the sequential storage medium, the area being an area to which none of the plurality of data blocks is written, the data pattern including a plurality of bit patterns appearing in none of the plurality of data blocks, and none of the plurality of data blocks are written to the area and the data pattern represents specific information regarding the sequential storage medium, wherein the specific information includes write condition information indicating a write condition in writing a first data block out of the plurality of data blocks to the sequential storage medium, and wherein the area is an area to be accessed after accessing the first data block and before accessing a second data block next to the first data block out of the plurality of data blocks, in reading the plurality of data blocks sequentially from the sequential storage medium.