ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,076, issued on April 15.

"Cloud storage expansion apparatus of video recorder" was invented by Chia-Hung Ma (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cloud storage expansion apparatus for a video recorder is provided, wherein the cloud storage expansion apparatus comprises: a body having a circuit board, a flash card circuit unit, a dummy card connector, a wireless communication module, a detection module, and a controller electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the dummy card connector is removably connected to a flash card slot of a video recorder and electrically connected to a communication interface of the ...