Patent ID: 9069687
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,H03M

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a control system for obtaining data from one of a flash memory device and a hard disk drive, wherein said data comprises user data, error detection data and error correction data, wherein error detection data is used to detect a data error in said user data and said error correction data is used to correct said data error in user data, said method comprising: obtaining said user data and said error detection data from a portion of said flash memory device or a sector of said hard disk drive; evaluating said error detection data to determine if there is a data error; obtaining said error correction data from said portion of said flash memory device or said sector of said hard disk drive only if a data error is detected; providing an indicator to said flash memory device or said hard disk drive to suspend data transmission if a data error is detected.