Innodisk Assigned Two Patents

Storage device, electronic apparatus, and system capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus
Innodisk Corporation, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11,210,243) developed by Wu, Chih-Ching, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “data storage device, electronic apparatus, and system capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The invention provides a system capable of remotely controlling electronic apparatus, which includes a cloud management platform and at least one electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes at least one operation element, and a data storage device having a network communication function. The data storage device includes a first transmission interface, a second transmission interface, a data storage unit, and an operation management unit. Via the first transmission interface, data stored in the data storage unit can be read or data can be written into the data storage unit. The operation management unit of the data storage device transmits a specific operation instruction to the operation element via the second transmission interface after receiving the specific operation instruction sent from the cloud management platform, such that the operation element can execute a corresponding operation according to the specific operation instruction.”

The patent application was filed on March 27, 2020 (16/832,414).

Storage capable of using high speed channel to access data
and using low speed channel to manage data exchanging, copying, and moving
Innodisk Corporation, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11,194,493) developed by Kao, Chih-Chieh, New Taipei, Taiwan, for a “data storage system capable of using high speed channel to access data, and using low speed channel to manage data exchanging, copying, and moving.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The invention provides a data storage system having dual channels, which comprises a host. The host comprises a host-side control unit, a first data storage device, and at least one second data storage device. The first data storage device comprises a first data-side controller. The host-side control unit is connected to the first data storage device via a high-speed channel, and accesses data of the first data storage device via the high-speed channel. The first data storage device is connected to each of the second data storage devices via a low-speed channel, respectively. The low-speed channel is a bus of broadcast type. The first data-side controller of the first data storage device manages data exchanging, data copying, and data moving between the first data storage device and the second data storage device via the low-speed channel.”

The patent application was filed on November 13, 2019 (16/682,352).