Patents by Inventor Mike T. Ling

Mike T. Ling 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).

  • Automatic network search, data download, and storage write system
    Patent number: 7496914
    Abstract: An automatic search, download, and write to storage system comprising setting up download criteria, searching a network for data according to the download criteria, downloading data matching the download criteria, and writing the downloaded data to a storage device or medium. Once the download criteria are established, the remaining processes from searching to writing occur automatically. The download criteria act as a preference or filter to identify appropriate data. Multiple preferences or download criteria can be batched processed. Furthermore, the system can be activated and searching, downloading, and writing completed by a single click.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Intervideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike T. Ling, Tseng Chiung Ni