{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947968","patent":{"patent_number":"US-11947968","title":"Efficient use of zone in a storage device","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2022-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2024-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F","G06F"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"A system and method for efficient use of zones in a storage system. The method includes: building a frontier set comprising one or more zones of one or more storage devices for writing to; writing data to at least one zone of the one or more zones included in the frontier set; and during a bootup sequence: accessing a frontier set list to identify the one or more zones in the frontier set; and scanning the one or more zones to identify the at least one zone that data was written to."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Efficient use of zone in a storage device","description":"A system and method for efficient use of zones in a storage system. The method includes: building a frontier set comprising one or more zones of one or more storage devices for writing to; writing dat","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947968","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947968","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Efficient use of zone in a storage device\" (US-11947968). https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947968","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11947968","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-11947968","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T16:14:28.314Z"}