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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9454988
APP PUB NO 20150015988A1
SERIAL NO

14503222

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A method, and apparatus configured to perform such method, according to various embodiments, includes writing data stored in a buffer onto a recording medium using a write head in a first round of writing. An interval marker is written on the recording medium in the first round of writing when the buffer is empty. Next data is written onto the recording medium after the interval marker in the first round of writing. Data is written in an area of the interval marker in a second round of writing performed subsequent to the first round.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Nohta, Takeshi Tsukuba, JP 33 197
Tosaka, Eiji Tokyo, JP 23 65

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