US5432801A
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Method and apparatus for performing multiple simultaneous error detection on data having unknown format
Assignee: Gateway Inc
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Filing: 1993-07-23
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Granted: 1995-07-11
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Expires: 2013-07-23
Abstract
Abstract An error may be detected and corrected from among a plurality of data values retrieved from a compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM). As a stream of data values which have been retrieved from the CD-ROM are retransmitted by an appropriate DMA device, two different error detection schemes are simultaneously applied to identical copies of the retrieved data. The retrieved data is then evaluated to determine in which format data has been stored on the CD-ROM. A condition value which has been generated by the algorithm corresponding to the determined format of data on the CD-ROM is then evaluated to determine the probability of an error condition in the retrieved data. The two error detection schemes may differ solely in the location of the data values which are evaluated for errors.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward Hepler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 08:10
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B20/18; G11B20/1833; H; H03; H03M; H03M13/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A method of detecting an error in at least one of a plurality of received data values, wherein a first error detection coding scheme detects said error if said plurality of received data values are in a first data format and a second error detection coding scheme detects said error if said plurality of received data values are in a second data format, said method comprising the steps of: a) receiving said plurality of data values; b) performing a first error detection check, corresponding to the first error detection coding scheme, on said plurality of data values to produce a first syndrome value; c) storing the first syndrome value; d) simultaneously with step b) performing a second error detection check, corresponding to the second error detection coding scheme, on said plurality of data values to produce a second syndrome value; e) storing the second syndrome value; f) classifying said plurality of data values as being in one of said first data format and said second data format; g) if said plurality of data values are classified as being in said first data format then determining if said plurality of data values have said error based on said first syndrome value; and h) if said plurality of data values are classified as being in said second data format then determining if said plurality of data values have said error based on said second syndrome value.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
234 words
A method of detecting an error in at least one of a plurality of received data values, wherein a first error detection coding scheme detects said error if said plurality of received data values are in a first data format and a second error detection coding scheme detects said error if said plurality of received data values are in a second data format, said method comprising the steps of: a) receiving said plurality of data values; b) performing a first error detection check, corresponding to the first error detection coding scheme, on said plurality of data values to produce a first syndrome value; c) storing the first syndrome value; d) simultaneously with step b) performing a second error detection check, corresponding to the second error detection coding scheme, on said plurality of data values to produce a second syndrome value; e) storing the second syndrome value; f) classifying said plurality of data values as being in one of said first data format and said second data format; g) if said plurality of data values are classified as being in said first data format then determining if said plurality of data values have said error based on said first syndrome value; and h) if said plurality of data values are classified as being in said second data format then determining if said plurality of data values have said error based on said second syndrome value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of detecting an error according to claim 1, wherein in step a) said plurality of data values are received from a network.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of detecting an error according to claim 1, wherein in step a) said plurality of data values are respective sectors of data values received from a CD-ROM.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method of detecting an error according to claim 3, wherein the first and second error detection schemes use identical cylic redundancy polynomials applied to respectively different subsets of the data values in the respective sectors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method of detecting an error according to claim 3, wherein said first data format is Yellow Book format and the second data format is compact disk interactive (CD-I) format.
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