US Patent Issued to Seagate Technology on Sept. 16 for "Hard disk drive with dynamically designated media zones for archiving and performance" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,787, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Seagate Technology LLC (Fremont, Calif.).

"Hard disk drive with dynamically designated media zones for archiving and performance" was invented by Riyan Alex Mendonsa (Edina, Minn.) and Jon D. Trantham (Chanhassen, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are data storage systems and methods in which data ingested by a hard disk drive (HDD) may be first stored in a designated intake zone of the HDD magnetic media using conventional performance parameters and recording techniques, and thereafter compacted and moved to a designated high-density zone on the magnetic media. The compacted dat...