ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,767, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (South Korea).
"Near-storage format transformation" was invented by Mohammadreza Soltaniyeh (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Xuebin Yao (Mountain View, Calif.) and Ramdas Kachare (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is disclosed. A receiver may receive a portion using a first data format from a source device. A transformation unit may transform the portion into a transformed portion. The transformed portion may use a second data format. A transmitter may deliver the transformed portion to a destination device."
The patent was filed on Feb. 3, 2023, under...