Patents by Inventor James Lo

James Lo 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).

  • Publication number: 20040172575
    Abstract: An optical storage update module extends the life of re-writable optical medium, such as DVD+RW optical storage disks, by identifying data units having and lacking updates for information writes to commonly used portions of the optical medium and then writing the information by writing data units having updates and restricting the writing of at least some of the data units lacking updates. For instance, a stored file system structure of an optical medium, such as a UDF random writable file system, is read from the optical medium and compared with an updated file system structure to identify and write to the optical medium substantially only those data units changed by the updated file system structure. In one embodiment, file structure updates are written to the optical storage medium with Read Modify Write operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Hong-Jing (James) Lo, Christiaan Steenbergen
  • Patent number: 5037050
    Abstract: A display mount includes a pair of interlocking portions. An aperture or slot is defined in one portion and a protrusion is formed in the other portion. During assembly, the protrusion is inserted into the aperture or slot. To retain the protrusion in the slot, the protrusion is formed with an enlarged element, and a resilient tab prevents disengagement of the enlarged element from the aperture or slot. The enlarged element, for example, has a ledge defining an underside surface and an outer surface above the underside surface. The resilient tab is disposed adjacent the aperture or slot so that the outer surface of the ledge abuts against the outer surface of the tab to deflect the tab inward during assembly, to release the tab when the enlarged element is moved within the aperture or slot, and to prevent disengagement of the protrusion from the aperture or slot by interference of the underside surface of the ledge with an inner surface of the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Rong-Jyi Lin, James Lo