Patents by Inventor Ronald LaPedis

Ronald LaPedis 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).

  • Patent number: 7890724
    Abstract: System for executing software application is provided. The system includes a non-volatile memory device that includes a plurality of memory cells, wherein a read only segment of a plurality of memory cells stores: (a) code for a micro-operating system for running a virtual engine; (b) code for the virtual engine that provides a virtual environment, independent of a host operating system; (c) code for a virtual operating system that is executed in the virtual environment; and (d) code for a software application, wherein the code for the software application can be executed in different host system platforms in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald LaPedis, Arrigo Triulzi
  • Patent number: 7537169
    Abstract: A flash memory mass storage drive stores user files in a convenient credit card sized drive. Embodiments function as both a credit card and a mass storage drive. Communication may be through a host interface connector such as a USB connector, a magnetic interface, a smart card interface, and/or a near field communication interface. In certain embodiments the drive comprises a portion that is sufficiently thin to be swiped through a standard credit card, ATM, or point of sale device. The USB connector of the drive can easily be plugged into even a crowded receptacle of a host computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos Gonzalez, Edwin J. Cuellar, Joel Jacobs, Robert C. Miller, Ronald LaPedis
  • Publication number: 20080087731
    Abstract: A flash memory mass storage drive stores user files in a convenient credit card sized drive. Embodiments function as both a credit card and a mass storage drive. Communication may be through a host interface connector such as a USB connector, a magnetic interface, a smart card interface, and/or a near field communication interface. In certain embodiments the drive comprises a portion that is sufficiently thin to be swiped through a standard credit card, ATM, or point of sale device. The USB connector of the drive can easily be plugged into even a crowded receptacle of a host computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Carlos Gonzalez, Edwin Cuellar, Joel Jacobs, Robert Miller, Ronald LaPedis
  • Patent number: 7344072
    Abstract: A flash memory mass storage drive stores user files in a convenient credit card sized drive. Embodiments function as both a credit card and a mass storage drive. Communication may be through a host interface connector such as a USB connector, a magnetic interface, a smart card interface, and/or a near field communication interface. In certain embodiments the drive comprises a portion that is sufficiently thin to be swiped through a standard credit card, ATM, or point of sale device. The USB connector of the drive can easily be plugged into even a crowded receptacle of a host computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos J. Gonzalez, Edwin J. Cuellar, Robert C. Miller, Ronald LaPedis
  • Publication number: 20070252010
    Abstract: A flash memory mass storage drive stores user files in a convenient credit card sized drive. Embodiments function as both a credit card and a mass storage drive. Communication may be through a host interface connector such as a USB connector, a magnetic interface, a smart card interface, and/or a near field communication interface. In certain embodiments the drive comprises a portion that is sufficiently thin to be swiped through a standard credit card, ATM, or point of sale device. The USB connector of the drive can easily be plugged into even a crowded receptacle of a host computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Carlos Gonzalez, Edwin J. Cuellar, Joel Jacobs, Robert C. Miller, Ronald LaPedis