Synology Assigned Patent

Synology Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (9,047,201) developed by Chen, Hsuan-Ting, Taichung, Taiwan, Chen, Kuei-Huan, and Tsai, Ming-Hung, New Taipei, Taiwan, for a “method for waking up a plurality of hibernated mass storage devices.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method for waking up a plurality of hibernated mass storage devices is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first command from a control circuit for accessing data stored in a plurality of hibernated mass storage devices, dividing the plurality of hibernated mass storage devices into a plurality of mass storage groups, waking up a first mass storage group of the plurality of mass storage groups, and notifying the control circuit to stop sending commands to the remaining hibernated mass storage devices in a period of time.“

The patent application was filed on December 25, 2011 (13/337,149).