Patents by Inventor Kevin Peter Vlasich

Kevin Peter Vlasich 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).

  • Secure user authentication for Bluetooth enabled computer storage devices
    Patent number: 10303868
    Abstract: A storage device may be operably coupleable with a host computing device, and the storage device and/or host computing device may be Bluetooth enabled. The storage device may include authentication information. Access to the storage device may be permitted via Bluetooth communication between the Bluetooth enabled device and at least one of the storage device and a host computing device, wherein the Bluetooth enabled device may be within a maximum Bluetooth range of the storage device. The Bluetooth communication may be performed without Bluetooth pairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark P. Weber, Preetham Varghese, Kevin Peter Vlasich, David Alan Myers, David Blake Farmer, David Paul Duncan
  • Removable memory cartridge and docking station compatible with media drive expansion slots
    Patent number: 9053249
    Abstract: A system for data storage including a removable memory element having a data storage device, and a docking station in communication with a host device and configured for receiving the removable memory cartridge so as to put the host system in communication with the data storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: David Martin Perry, Yung Yip, Christopher Thomas Bukowski, Chris James Zwettler, George Phillip Rambosek, Kellan Donald Pauly, Daniel Charles Egan, Kevin Peter Vlasich, Jason E. Moses, Denis J. Langlois, George W. Blattner