Patent ID: 6425022
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
In a storage system wherein information is stored on a storage medium in blocks, a method for reading information from the storage medium, comprising the acts of:receiving at least one word read from a block of the storage medium; maintaining a word count of number of words received; determining whether an indication of a beginning of a subsequent block has been detected; when a beginning of a subsequent block has been detected, determining whether the word count is no greater than a predetermined guardband value, and: when the word count is no greater than the guardband value, maintaining a buffer page pointer at its current value, and resetting the word count to an initial word count value; and when the word count is greater than the guardband value, incrementing the buffer page pointer to point to a next buffer page, and resetting the word count to the initial word count value.