Cheng Yih Tan, Age 68317 Wild Rose Way, Milpitas, CA 95035

7971093, Jun 28, 2011

Jan 16, 2008

12/015280

Atul Goel - Sunnyvale CA, US
Con Phan - Sunnyvale CA, US
Cheng Tan - Fremont CA, US

Network Appliance, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 11/00

714 8, 714 7

The input/output (I/O) performance of a hard disk drive in a mass storage computer system is evaluated to maintain efficiency by addressing I/O commands to sectors of the disk drive, evaluating the execution of the I/O commands to the sectors to obtain performance information for the sectors to which the I/O commands are addressed, comparing the performance information to a predetermined I/O performance criterion, and identifying any impaired sectors in which the performance information indicates less than the predetermined I/O performance criterion. Thereafter, further I/O commands to the impaired sectors are avoided.

8108309, Jan 31, 2012

May 29, 2007

11/754852

Cheng Tan - Cupertino CA, US

Provalidate - Cupertino CA

G06F 21/00
G06G 1/14
G06Q 20/00

705 50, 705 22, 705 28, 705 67

A method and system are described for protecting a manufactured item from counterfeiting. The manufactured item, which is marked with an identifier, such as a serial number, is associated with a code generator that has secret functions and data for generating verification codes. The manufactured item is then supplied along with the corresponding code generator. Thereafter, the identifier from the manufactured item and the verification code generated by the code generator are used to verify authenticity of the manufactured item.

8179673, May 15, 2012

Dec 19, 2008

12/340574

Gavin Reid - Campbell CA, US
Ron Hopkinson - Campbell CA, US
Cheng P. Tan - Fremont CA, US
John Brock - San Francisco CA, US
Chris Ligtenberg - San Carlos CA, US
Bartley K. Andre - Menlo Park CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06F 1/16

36167947, 31233416, 710304, 248618

Portable computer structures are provided. The portable computer structures may include hard drive mounting structures. The hard drive mounting structures may include elastomeric support members. Each elastomeric support member may have a relatively rigid inner portion. The inner portion may include a hole that receives a hard drive mounting pin. Each elastomeric support member may also have a relatively flexible outer portion. The relatively flexible outer portion may be mounted within an opening in a plastic support member. The rigid inner portion may have a square outline and may be mounted within a square opening in the flexible outer portion.

8223482, Jul 17, 2012

Dec 18, 2009

12/641947

Cheng Ping Tan - Fremont CA, US
Con Phan - Milpitas CA, US
Steven Lee Owen - San Jose CA, US
Michael D. Hillman - Los Altos CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

H05K 5/00
H05K 7/00

36167934, 36167933, 361 6943

A portable computing device having an outer housing, and internal hard disk drive and a shock damping mounting assembly is disclosed. Multiple outer dimensions of the portable computing device can be less than the width of the hard drive due to a diagonal arrangement of the hard drive within the overall device. The hard drive can comply with a standardized form factor, such as a 3. 5 inch form factor. A mounting assembly located within the outer housing and coupled to the hard drive can include one or more components adapted to damp a mechanical shock to the hard drive, which components can be mounted to corners and/or edges of the hard drive. Mounting assembly components can includes a first stage spring comprising a finger geometry that provides initial damping of the mechanical shock and a second stage spring comprising an elastic block that provides final damping of the mechanical shock.

8433873, Apr 30, 2013

Aug 11, 2010

12/854653

Cheng P. Tan - Fremont CA, US
Khalu C. Bazzani - San Francisco CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06F 12/14

711165, 711118, 711161, 711162, 710 4, 709217

A computer system that generates a disposition instruction and an associated access command directed to a block of data at a logical address is described. The disposition instruction and the access command are communicated to a memory system in the computer system via a communication link. Note that the memory system includes different types of memory having different performance characteristics, and the disposition instruction is generated based on the different performance characteristics. In response to the access command, the memory system accesses the block of data at the logical address in a first type of memory in the different types of memory. Furthermore, based on the disposition instruction, the memory system moves the block of data to a second type of memory in the different types of memory to facilitate subsequent accesses to the block of data.

8619421, Dec 31, 2013

Apr 27, 2012

13/458628

Gavin Reid - Campbell CA, US
Ron Hopkinson - Campbell CA, US
Cheng P. Tan - Fremont CA, US
John Brock - San Francisco CA, US
Chris Ligtenberg - San Carlos CA, US
Bartley K. Andre - Menlo Park CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06F 1/16

36167947, 312236, 2483091, 710303

Portable computer structures are provided. The portable computer structures may include hard drive mounting structures. The hard drive mounting structures may include elastomeric support members. Each elastomeric support member may have a relatively rigid inner portion. The inner portion may include a hole that receives a hard drive mounting pin. Each elastomeric support member may also have a relatively flexible outer portion. The relatively flexible outer portion may be mounted within an opening in a plastic support member. The rigid inner portion may have a square outline and may be mounted within a square opening in the flexible outer portion.

2009003, Feb 5, 2009

Aug 3, 2007

11/833654

Cheng Tan - Cupertino CA, US

MOXIE PROXY - Cupertino CA

G06Q 99/00

705 1

In a method and system for providing product safety to a manufactured item, a verification code is associated with the manufactured item. The verification code is initialized to an unvalidated state. The manufactured item is then supplied with this verification code hidden from view. The verification code may be exposed by a user and submitted to a validation service for validation for any number of occasions. In response to the validation service receiving the verification code for validation, the user is provided with an indicator of a current state of the verification code. A first successful validation of the verification code is then used as an event that triggers a state transition of the verification code from the unvalidated state to a validated state.

2009021, Aug 27, 2009

Feb 21, 2008

12/035280

Cheng Tan - Cupertino CA, US

PROVALIDATE - Cupertino CA

G06F 17/00

235375

In a method and system for providing anti-counterfeit and product safety to a manufactured item, two substantially unique verification codes, one readable and the other hidden, are associated and supplied with the manufactured item. The verification codes are initialized to a first state at a validation service. Either or both codes may be submitted to a validation service for validation for any number of occasions, with the validation service responding with a message appropriate to the current state of the code. When the hidden verification code is exposed and submitted to the validation service for validation, a first successful validation is used as an event that triggers a state transition of both the readable and the hidden verification codes from the first state to a second state.