Omniplug Assigned Patent

Omniplug Technologies, Ltd., New Market, Suffolk, UK, has been assigned a patent (8,949,438) developed by Penston, Jeremy, NR Royston, United Kingdon, and Karaoglu, Nihat, Heverlee, Belgium, for a “data synchronisation to automate content adaptation and transfer between storage devices and content servers.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data synchronisation system automating content adaptation and transfer between storage devices and content servers, independent of user device. Included is a data storage device, a synchronisation device that uploads, downloads and processes content data, a control server handling connection data and capability data, controlling the synchronisation device, and at least one content server. The synchronisation device communicates with the data storage device, accesses a device identifier, and connects to the control and/or content server. The control server processes the device identifier and sends connection and capability data to the synchronisation device, which processes the connection and capability data, establishes a connection with the content server based thereon, and performs at least one of downloading and adapting content data to a data storage device format, and uploading same to the data storage device, and of downloading and adapting content data for compatibility with, and uploading to, the destination content server.“

The patent application was filed on April 24, 2009 (12/989,633).