Patents by Inventor SCOTT A. RADER

SCOTT A. RADER 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: 11163445
    Abstract: An example system may comprise a network-attached storage device including a base station having a hardware interface including a drive port and a connectivity port; a modular storage drive attachable to and detachable from the drive port; and a modular wireless adapter attachable to and detachable from the connectivity port. The portable storage device is formable by detaching the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter from the hardware interface of the network-attached storage device, and coupling the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter to one another via a portable hardware interface. Further, a rechargeable modular power unit is removable from the base station and attachable to and detachable from a power port of the network-attached storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Brandon Dement, Scott A. Rader
  • Patent number: 10860211
    Abstract: An example system may comprise a network-attached storage device including a base station having a hardware interface including a drive port and a connectivity port; a modular storage drive attachable to and detachable from the drive port; and a modular wireless adapter attachable to and detachable from the connectivity port. The portable storage device is formable by detaching the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter from the hardware interface of the network-attached storage device, and coupling the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter to one another via a portable hardware interface. Further, a rechargeable modular power unit is removable from the base station and attachable to and detachable from a power port of the network-attached storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Brandon Dement, Scott A. Rader
  • Publication number: 20200333962
    Abstract: An example system may comprise a network-attached storage device including a base station having a hardware interface including a drive port and a connectivity port; a modular storage drive attachable to and detachable from the drive port; and a modular wireless adapter attachable to and detachable from the connectivity port. The portable storage device is formable by detaching the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter from the hardware interface of the network-attached storage device, and coupling the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter to one another via a portable hardware interface. Further, a rechargeable modular power unit is removable from the base station and attachable to and detachable from a power port of the network-attached storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Brandon Dement, Scott A. Rader
  • Publication number: 20190243551
    Abstract: An example system may comprise a network-attached storage device including a base station having a hardware interface including a drive port and a connectivity port; a modular storage drive attachable to and detachable from the drive port; and a modular wireless adapter attachable to and detachable from the connectivity port. The portable storage device is formable by detaching the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter from the hardware interface of the network-attached storage device, and coupling the modular storage drive and the modular wireless adapter to one another via a portable hardware interface. Further, a rechargeable modular power unit is removable from the base station and attachable to and detachable from a power port of the network-attached storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Xu, Brandon Dement, Scott A. Rader
  • Patent number: 9584873
    Abstract: An electronic device including a peripheral device connection unit configured to connect to a peripheral device and to receive identification data for the peripheral device, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is based at least on one of the identification data for the peripheral device or geographic location data for the electronic device, obtain a user interface selected from a plurality of user interfaces based at least partly on the configuration information, and automatically configure the electronic device based on the obtained user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Y. Chen, Scott A. Rader
  • Patent number: 9569229
    Abstract: A media player appliance including a controller configured to receive an indication from a remote control device that designates a selected application to automatically start when the media player appliance is starting up, update a configuration file to designate the selected application for automatic start, and automatically start an application designated in the configuration file when the media player appliance is starting up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yen-Liang Chen, Scott A. Rader
  • Patent number: 9503532
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user's past content (e.g., pictures, movies, audio recordings) may be retrieved and pushed to the user's mobile device in a real-time and in a contextually-relevant manner. The pushed content may also include contextually-relevant content of others with whom the user has established a relationship to share such content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael F. Egan, Scott A. Rader
  • Publication number: 20150106846
    Abstract: An electronic device including a peripheral device connection unit configured to connect to a display interface of a peripheral device and to receive identification data for the peripheral device, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is based at least on one of the identification data for the peripheral device or geographic location data for the electronic device, obtain a user interface selected from a plurality of user interfaces based at least partly on the configuration information, and automatically configure the electronic device based on the obtained user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: JEFFREY Y. CHEN, SCOTT A. RADER
  • Publication number: 20150067049
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a user's past content (e.g., pictures, movies, audio recordings) may be retrieved and pushed to the user's mobile device in a real-time and in a contextually-relevant manner. The pushed content may also include contextually-relevant content of others with whom the user has established a relationship to share such content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: MICHAEL F. EGAN, SCOTT A. RADER