SAN ANTONIO - MDI, Inc. announced today that it has been granted a new patent for video data storage by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
MDI has been granted U.S. patent number 6,892,246 entitled "Computer System and Method for Storing Video Data" effectively serving to strengthen the Company's intellectual property portfolio and supporting its strategy of increasing shareholder value through the licensing of patented technology.
Summary of Invention
According to J. Collier Sparks, CEO and President of MDI, Inc., "The patent covers a major development for a method of storing video data in computer memory. Based on this innovative technology, the Company now has a method for storing video data in a mass storage device where once the mass storage device has reached its capacity, the oldest video data is degraded by removing random pixels from the video frame."
Background
Mr. Sparks went on to say that, "This invention solves the problem that software developers and users have had for years in developing processes to store data in the least amount of space required in a mass storage device. While there are numerous compression techniques available, the storage of data using these compression techniques ultimately result in the filling of the available storage space. MDI's invention solves this problem by identifying the oldest video data, removing it from mass storage, degrading the video data and thereby leaving space in the mass storage device to store the most recently received video data."
Company Strategy to Develop the Invention
"MDI now commands revolutionary technology that allows a dramatic increase in the online time of digital storage devices to the longest possible in the industry. Current proprietary hardware and software under development by the Company will allow its customers to control the level of video data compression tailored to their needs based on image resolution instead of hardware capacity," said Sparks.
"In conjunction with our recently announced acquisition of Advanced Security Link, Inc. of Costa Mesa, California, we plan to release a digital storage system in the second quarter of 2006 that is fully integrated with our proprietary SAFEnet(R) system," said Sparks.
Company Strategy to License Technology
Richard A. Larsen, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, commented that, "The company believes in the value of creating intellectual property as well as developing the necessary strategies to protect those assets. To that end, we invite all interested parties to contact us should they be interested in practicing any of the claims disclosed in the patent. We are certainly receptive to discussing an immediate license of the patent and the technology disclosed in and protected by it."
(Business Wire -- 12/28/05)
