Opanga Networks Assigned Patent

Opanga Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA, has been assigned a patent (9,143,341) developed by Harrang, Jeffrey Paul, Sammammish, WA, Gibbons, David B., Redmond, WA, and Burnette, John M., Seattle, WA, for a “systems and methods for portable data storage devices that automatically initiate data transfers utilizing host devices.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computing system including a media content provider, (MCP), a host device, a portable media content storage device, PMCSD, and a data communications network. In response to data communications being initiated between the PMCSD the host device, a data transfer application resident on the PMCSD is automatically executed to determine if any media content transfer instructions exist on the PMCSD or a MCP. The data transfer application resident on the PMCSD may be a portable application not requiring the installation of any configuration or support files to the host device or it may be an application having a boot process that installs configuration or support files to the host device prior to application execution. When one or more media content transfer instructions exists on the PMCSD or a MCP, the media content transfer instruction(s) is processed by the host device, to facilitate media content transfer between the PMCSD and the MCP.“

The patent application was filed on November 8, 2009 (12/614,426).