In a tape drive used for storing computer data, both record boundary data and data separation commands, such as Write File Mark commands, are encoded with codewords to form a continuous, encoded data stream. In such a tape drive, a tape drive interface receives the record data and data separation commands...http://www.google.de/patents/US6295177?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6295177 - Method of and apparatus for arranging data received in a data transfer from a data source