Patents by Inventor Rick Shimizu

Rick Shimizu 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).

  • Method and apparatus for a disc drive client interface
    Publication number: 20050149647
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a method and apparatus to transfer specific data files from a disc drive storage system to an output device such as a printer. In one aspect, the disc drive uses a transfer protocol that determines the files stored from a peripheral device and sent to the output device. In another aspect, the transfer program compares the files sent to the output device to a file structure stored on the disc drive and presents the unsent files to the output device for processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Gayle Noble, Rick Shimizu, Jason Hanlon