Patents by Inventor Mark Gordon Dobson

Mark Gordon Dobson 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).

  • PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE THAT IS SELF-CONVERTIBLE FROM BEING A REMOVABLE DISK TO A FIXED DISK AND FROM BEING A FIXED DISK TO A REMOVABLE DISK
    Publication number: 20200363971
    Abstract: A portable storage device can convert itself, without a host computer, from being a fixed disk to a removable disk and from being a removable disk to a fixed disk. The storage device may include a physical input device, a memory and a controller. The controller may determine, based on information stored within the storage device, whether the storage device is currently a fixed disk or a removable disk. The controller may then convert the storage device to a removable disk or a fixed disk, based on a control input and the determination. The control input may be received from the physical key input device. When the storage device is a removable disk and when a command from a host computer requests ejecting a memory within the storage device, the controller declines the request and instead electrically disengages the storage device from the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Cameron BROWN, Mark Gordon DOBSON, Phuoc Minh THAI
  • Portable storage device that is self-convertible from being a removable disk to a fixed disk and from being a fixed disk to a removable disk
    Patent number: 10776025
    Abstract: A portable storage device can convert itself, without a host computer, from being a fixed disk to a removable disk and from being a removable disk to a fixed disk. The storage device may include a physical input device, a memory and a controller. The controller may determine, based on information stored within the storage device, whether the storage device is currently a fixed disk or a removable disk. The controller may then convert the storage device to a removable disk or a fixed disk, based on a control input and the determination. The control input may be received from the physical key input device. When the storage device is a removable disk and when a command from a host computer requests ejecting a memory within the storage device, the controller declines the request and instead electrically disengages the storage device from the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: APRICON
    Inventors: Paul Cameron Brown, Mark Gordon Dobson, Phuoc Minh Thai
  • PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE THAT IS SELF-CONVERTIBLE FROM BEING A REMOVABLE DISK TO A FIXED DISK AND FROM BEING A FIXED DISK TO A REMOVABLE DISK
    Publication number: 20190303029
    Abstract: A portable storage device can convert itself, without a host computer, from being a fixed disk to a removable disk and from being a removable disk to a fixed disk. The storage device may include a physical input device, a memory and a controller. The controller may determine, based on information stored within the storage device, whether the storage device is currently a fixed disk or a removable disk. The controller may then convert the storage device to a removable disk or a fixed disk, based on a control input and the determination. The control input may be received from the physical key input device. When the storage device is a removable disk and when a command from a host computer requests ejecting a memory within the storage device, the controller declines the request and instead electrically disengages the storage device from the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Cameron BROWN, Mark Gordon DOBSON, Phuoc Minh THAI
  • Portable storage device that is self-convertible from being a removable disk to a fixed disk and from being a fixed disk to a removable disk
    Patent number: 10338840
    Abstract: A portable storage device can convert itself, without a host computer, from being a fixed disk to a removable disk and from being a removable disk to a fixed disk. The storage device may include a physical input device, a memory and a controller. The controller may determine, based on information stored within the storage device, whether the storage device is currently a fixed disk or a removable disk. The controller may then convert the storage device to a removable disk or a fixed disk, based on a control input and the determination. The control input may be received from the physical key input device. When the storage device is a removable disk and when a command from a host computer requests ejecting a memory within the storage device, the controller declines the request and instead electrically disengages the storage device from the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Apricorn
    Inventors: Paul Cameron Brown, Mark Gordon Dobson, Phuoc Minh Thai