Patents by Inventor Hyung-nam Byun

Hyung-nam Byun 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).

  • Devices and methods for updating program code via a serial ata interface
    Publication number: 20060136900
    Abstract: An apparatus and method update a program code of an electronic device, such as an optical disk drive, using a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) interface. The apparatus receives SATA signals from the SATA interface and generates flash memory driving signals based on a register host-to-device FIS received from a host computer system. Furthermore, the apparatus receives program data from a data host-to-device FIS received from the host computer system and updates the program code of a flash memory in the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Hang-ro Kim, Hyung-nam Byun, Chul-min Kim, Myoung-su Song