Patents by Inventor James Chia Ho Chou

James Chia Ho Chou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Media content management device
    Patent number: 11089101
    Abstract: A media content management device includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method for providing management of media content. The device may receive media content from a data source and determine a set of media operations that can be performed by the device on a locally stored copy of the media content on the storage means or by a cloud storage system on a remotely stored copy. Based on whether the cloud storage system is reachable, a first media operation may be performed on the remotely stored copy of the media content or on the locally stored copy of the media content. The device may open a communication path with a user device and transmit a portion of the media content to the user device before uploading to the cloud storage system is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kistler, Christopher Hansen Bourdon, Dmitri Trembovestki, James Chia Ho Chou, Laurent Baumann
  • MEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180191827
    Abstract: A media content management device includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method for providing management of media content. The device may receive media content from a data source and determine a set of media operations that can be performed by the device on a locally stored copy of the media content on the storage means or by a cloud storage system on a remotely stored copy. Based on whether the cloud storage system is reachable, a first media operation may be performed on the remotely stored copy of the media content or on the locally stored copy of the media content. The device may open a communication path with a user device and transmit a portion of the media content to the user device before uploading to the cloud storage system is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Kistler, Christopher Hansen Bourdon, Dmitri Trembovestki, James Chia Ho Chou, Laurent Baumann