Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Assigned Patent

Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation, Suwon-si, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,043,566) developed by Jeong, Soon-gyu, Lee, Young-woo, Suwon-si, Korea, and Lee, Hoo-seung, Seoul, Korea, for a “method and apparatus for optically backing up data.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An optical backup apparatus is provided and includes an optical storage device, an interface module to connect with at least one type of external storage medium, and a control unit to back up data from the external storage medium to the optical storage device in response to an external remote control operation.“

The patent application was filed on February 8, 2012 (13/368,451).