Patents by Inventor Chris Dinallo

Chris Dinallo 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for prolonging service life of solid-state memory device in a digital video recorder
    Patent number: 9015409
    Abstract: A method for prolonging the service life of a solid state drive. The method includes providing for use with a digital video recorder, a solid state drive (SSD) for time-shifted viewing of media content, changing the SSD from a first state to a second state based on a functional command from the user, and repeating changes between the first state and the second state, an accumulation of which over time results in a prolonged service life. A device designed to prolong the service life of a solid state drive is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Digital Broadcast SA
    Inventors: Chris Dinallo, Tomasz Kozlowski
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROLONGING SERVICE LIFE OF SOLID-STATE MEMORY DEVICE IN A DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
    Publication number: 20140281213
    Abstract: A method for prolonging the service life of a solid state drive. The method includes providing for use with a digital video recorder, a solid state drive (SSD) for time-shifted viewing of media content, changing the SSD from a first state to a second state based on a functional command from the user, and repeating changes between the first state and the second state, an accumulation of which over time results in a prolonged service life. A device designed to prolong the service life of a solid state drive is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Chris Dinallo, Tomasz Kozlowski