MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617092616 A) filed by International Business Machines Corporation on July 30, 2026, for Write Data Management.

Inventors include Furrer, Simeon; Lantz, Mark; Petermann, Martin; and Iliadis, Ilias.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, device, system, and method for write data management. In one embodiment, a write management controller calculates an order for writing data and parity blocks of write data code words on tape media in a variable interleaved fashion which ensures a minimum physical longitudinal separation along the length of tape bet...