Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Mike McCullough

David N Skinner

Yancy Chen

Thomas Herman Szolyga

A network-attached storage apparatus is configured to be in communication with a local device. The apparatus includes storage devices for storing data, one interface for establishing communication with the network and another interface for establishing communication with the local device. A processor enables the interfaces to alternatively establish communication with the local device or the network.

Network-attached storage device having a connection to a local user device

A modularly expandable data storage device receptacle includes a housing configured to receive a memory device for providing additional data storage for a computer system, in which the housing is external to the computer system. A first connector is provided for receiving data signals from the computer system for accessing the memory device. A second connector is provided for passing data signals from the computer system to a connector of another modularly expandable data storage device receptacle.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Mike McCullough