ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,539, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (Horsham, Pa.).

"System and method for an adaptive storage media interface" was invented by Iain Duncan Rayner (Bradford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for automatically adapting the data protocol employed by a storage device to communicate with a mated media gateway device ("HMS"). The system and method utilize particular protocol conversions and data path switching in response to the detection of the particular protocol employed by the HMS. The technology enables a single type of storage device to be mated with a variety of HMSs, and au...