PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16269424
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["360", "031000"]

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for determining a damaged area of a magnetic tape loaded in a tape drive, according to one embodiment, includes: determining a first error location on a magnetic tape where a first error occurred in response to experiencing the first error. Moreover, the method includes determining one or more areas on the magnetic tape to be examined. The one or more areas are determined using a predetermined algorithm which incorporates the first error location. Independent of a read and/or write operation, relative motion is induced between a tape head and the magnetic tape such that the tape head is positioned adjacent to each of the respective one or more areas in turn. Furthermore, each of the one or more areas having a respective number of measured servo errors which exceeds a threshold value is identified as a damaged area of the magnetic tape.

Claim (Index 15):
The tape drive as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the one or more areas on the magnetic tape to be examined includes a first area, wherein the first area is located adjacent to an area containing the first error location, wherein the first area is located in a same wrap of the magnetic tape as the area containing the first error location, wherein the logic is configured to cause the controller to:\n use, by the controller, the tape head to measure a number of servo errors that occur in each of the respective one or more areas, by:\n using the tape head to measure a number of servo errors that occur in the first area, \n in response to determining that the number of servo errors measured in the first area exceeds the threshold value, performing an iterative process which includes:\n using the tape head to measure the number of servo errors that occur in a next area on the magnetic tape, wherein the next area is located longitudinally adjacent to a previously measured area of the magnetic tape determined to have a number of servo errors which exceeded the threshold value; and \n determining whether the number of servo errors that occur in the next area on the magnetic tape exceeds the threshold value, and \n \n terminating the iterative process in response to determining that the number of servo errors that occur in the next area on the magnetic tape does not exceed the threshold value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 65.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08
- Patent Class: 360.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15849187', '16168155', '11183540', '16268259', '16181210']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.711146927347305
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5397248740924331
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6940047220218178
- Mean Citation Score: 247.36697
- Max Citation Score: 374.3492
- Similarity Product: 341.72291285083287

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test