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Samsung patents storage check that reports data space status

Samsung has filed a patent for a method where a storage device reports the status of specific data spaces. When asked, the device checks the allocation status of a group of memory locations and sends back the result.

Why it mattersThis is a routine improvement to how computer storage drives communicate their internal status to the operating system, helping manage data space more efficiently.

In the filing’s own words

A system and method for status reporting for a storage device. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a persistent storage device, a command, the command requesting a status associated with a first logical block address; determining the status; and sending a response to the command, the response including the status.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a persistent storage device, a command, the command requesting a status associated with a first logical block address; determining a status of an allocation granularity associated with a set of memory locations associated with a range of logical block addresses, the range of logical block addresses comprising the first logical block address; and sending a response to the command, the response comprising the status of the allocation granularity, wherein: the determining of the status of the allocation granularity comprises checking a status associated with each logical block address in the allocation granularity.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: STATUS REPORTING FOR STORAGE DEVICE
Publication number: US20260277814A1
Application number: 19680679
Filed: May 18, 2026
Published: Sep 17, 2026
Inventors: 2
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06F 12/0873 Physics & computingG06F 12/0804 Physics & computing

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