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US 7716362
Networked thin client with data/memory interface
Current assignee: Lee Capital LLC
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Patent Overview — US 7,716,362 B1
Title: Networked thin client with data/memory interface
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7716362/en
Bibliographic data (from the supplied excerpt):
- Patent number: US 7,716,362 B1
- Application number: US 10/647,638; filed 2003-08-25
- Priority date listed: 2002-08-23
- Publication (grant) date: 2010-05-11
- Inventors: Carl Razza; Israel Amir
- Original assignee: Lee Capital LLC / Digital5 Inc; current assignee listed as Lee Capital LLC
- Legal status listed: Active, adjusted expiration 2026-06-07 (patent text notes legal status is an assumption, not a legal conclusion)
Purpose: The patent concerns home networks and, in particular, a thin-client apparatus coupled to a home network that allows the network to transfer data between a server and a memory card or a communications port. The stated goal is to let information used by a thin client be permanently retained for future use without the inconvenience of taking a card or cord to a server or PC and downloading data into a database.
Plain-language scope: A device (a "non-mobile thin client," such as a DVD player, set-top box, TV, or audio player) has a network port connecting it to a home network and a data/memory port accepting a data interface — for example a memory-card interface (MMC, SMC, Compact Flash, SD, Sony stick) or a data communications port (USB, PCMCIA). Data from the interface can be transferred to a server on the network, automatically upon detection of a connection or manually by user command. The data may include multiple files, and the user may direct that only certain files be sent. The server receives, optionally processes per commands from the thin client, and archives the data on its HDD. If the client can process the data (e.g., decode and display JPEGs), it may do so; otherwise it acts as a conduit. The network may be wired or wireless, and the server need not be co-located — it may be a remote server accessed via a global information network such as the Internet.
What the excerpt does not establish: It does not provide the full claims, complete description, or drawings; definitive legal status or expiration; any litigation, validity, or prior-art analysis; details of ownership transfers; or the full text referenced as omitted.
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