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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110038075 | METHOD TO HANDLE PORTABLE CASSETTES REMOVEABLY DISPOSED IN A DATA STORAGE LIBRARY COMPRISING A PASS-THROUGH ACCESSOR A method is provided to handle portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library, wherein the method supplies a data storage library comprising a plurality of storage slots, and a plurality of portable cassettes removeably disposed a designated storage sl... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110016331 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT FOR FILE AGGREGATES AND FILE DIRECTORIES A method for accessing data in a data storage system is presented. The method includes supplying a host computer that is in communication with the data storage system, where the data storage system includes a data storage medium and a holographic data storage medium. A ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110016287 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ON DEMAND CONFIGURATION CHANGES A method for implementing on-demand configuration of a logical volume, wherein the method monitors the amount of available storage capacity of the logical storage volume and determines whether the available storage capacity exceeds a predetermined threshold, such as a p... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110016082 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REPLICATE REMOTE VIRTUAL VOLUMES TO LOCAL PHYSICAL VOLUMES An automated method to replicate remote virtual files to local physical files is presented, wherein the method provides a replication algorithm comprising computer readable program code that can be used by a programmable computer processor to replicate the (N) remote vi... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SET A WRAP ANGLE OF A READ/WRITE HEAD A method is presented for setting a wrap angle of a read/write head having a servo element and multiple read elements, where the servo element and the read elements can detect a servo signal. The method includes moving a sequential information storage medium having a lo... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013312 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO POSITION A HEAD MODULE COMPRISING SERVO ELEMENTS AND A PLURALITY OF DATA ELEMENTS A method to position a head module, where the head module comprises at least one servo element and a plurality of data elements, where the servo element and each of the plurality of data elements can detect a servo signal, wherein the method includes moving a sequential... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY A DATA BAND ENCODED BETWEEN TWO SERVO BANDS IN A SEQUENTIAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM A method and apparatus is presented to determine a lateral position of a read/write head relative to a sequential information storage medium having a servo signal encoded therein and moving adjacent to the read/write head, where the servo signal comprises a plurality of... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013243 | DATA STORAGE ASSEMBLY WITH DIAMOND LIKE CARBON ANTIREFLECTIVE LAYER A data storage assembly is presented. The data storage assembly comprises a bi-layered antireflective coating. An inner layer of the antireflective coating comprises diamond like carbon. An outer layer is disposed over the inner layer.... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110007413 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DUAL-CHANNEL WEIGHTED LPOS COMBINING SCHEME A method for monitoring a plurality of servo channels, providing a finite state machine (“FSM”) comprising a single servo channel mode and a combined servo channel mode, and moving a sequential information storage medium comprising a plurality of servo bands across ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100325376 | Apparatus and Method to Maintain Write Operation Atomicity Where a Data Transfer Operation Crosses a Data Storage Medium Track Boundary A method to maintain write operation atomicity where a write operation crosses a data storage medium track boundary. The method supplies a storage controller comprising a host adapter, a processor, and a NVS. The primary host adapter receives from a host computer a writ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO SEQUENTIALLY DEDUPLICATE GROUPS OF FILES COMPRISING THE SAME FILE NAME BUT DIFFERENT FILE VERSION NUMBERS A method to sequentially deduplicate data, wherein the method receives a plurality of computer files, wherein each of the plurality of computer files comprises a label comprising a file name, a file type, a version number, and file size, and stores that plurality of com... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318868 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO READ INFORMATION FROM AN INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM A method and apparatus to read information from an information storage medium using a read channel, where that read channel includes a data cache. The invention generates an analog waveform comprising the information, and provides that analog waveform to a read channel,... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100318867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO READ INFORMATION FROM AN INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM A method and apparatus to read information from an information storage medium using a read channel, where that read channel includes a data cache. The invention generates an analog waveform comprising the information, and provides that analog waveform to a read channel,... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315740 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ROTATE A READ/WRITE HEAD A method is presented to rotate a read/write head rotatable along a first axis and comprising a first assembly having a first servo element and a second servo element. The method moves a sequential information storage medium adjacent to the read/write head along a secon... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315739 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ADJUST THE ORIENTATION OF A READ HEAD TO CORRECT FOR DYNAMIC SKEW A method to adjust the orientation of a read head comprising a first read element and a second read element, wherein the first read element and the second read element are separated by a distance, wherein the method moves a sequential information storage medium adjacent... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100302677 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ADJUST THE POSITIONS OF A WRITE ELEMENT AND READ ELEMENT DISPOSED ON A READ/WRITE HEAD A method to adjust the positions of a write element and read element disposed on a read/write head comprising a first assembly independently moveable along a first axis and comprising a first servo element, a second servo element, and the write element disposed between ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100293354 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING DATA STORAGE MEDIA FRAGMENTATION A method of minimizing data storage medium fragmentation, wherein the method provides a data storage library comprising (N) data storage media, wherein (N) is greater than or equal to 1. The method establishes a threshold fragmentation index, and determines, for each va... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100292832 | METHOD TO AUDIT PORTABLE CASSETTES REMOVEABLY DISPOSED IN A DATA STORAGE LIBRARY COMPRISING A PASS-THROUGH ACCESSOR A method to audit portable cassettes removeably disposed in a data storage library comprising a plurality of storage slots, a plurality of portable cassettes removeably disposed in one or more of said plurality of storage slots, and a pass-through accessor comprising a ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100281000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTIAL DATA SET RECOVERY A method for data recovery of a data set migrated from a first storage media to a second storage media, where the data set includes a header record and multiple control records interleaved with corresponding data blocks. The header record is examined to identify a numbe... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100257412 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD TO PROVIDE ALERT NOTIFICATION WITH RECONCILE ACTIONS A method to provide an alert notification and a reconcile action to a client computing system, the alert notification being responsive to an error condition in a target computing system, and the reconcile action being responsive to the alert notification, wherein the me... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100235333 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO SEQUENTIALLY DEDUPLICATE DATA A method to sequentially deduplicate data, wherein the method receives a plurality of computer files, wherein each of the plurality of computer files comprises a label comprising a file name, a file type, a version number, and file size, and stores that plurality of com... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100235332 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DEDUPLICATE DATA A method to deduplicate data by receiving a data set, setting a data chunk size, selecting a first stage deduplication algorithm, and selecting a second stage deduplication algorithm, where the first stage deduplication algorithm differs from the second stage deduplicat... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100232280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO STORE INFORMATION IN A HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE MEDIUM A method to provide data storage services using one or more holographic data storage media disposed in a holographic data storage system operated by a data storage services provider, wherein the holographic data storage system comprises a light source, a spatial light m... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100218052 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO GENERATE AND COLLECT DIAGNOSTIC DATA A method to generate and save diagnostic data in the event of an application error, wherein the method supplies a first computing device comprising a microprocessor and a first computer readable medium and an application encoded in said computer readable medium, wherein... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100211821 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO MANAGE REDUNDANT NON-VOLATILE STORAGE BACKUP IN A MULTI-CLUSTER DATA STORAGE SYSTEM An apparatus and method to manage redundant non-volatile storage (“NVS”) data backups in a data storage system comprising (n) clusters, wherein each cluster comprises a processor and a cache, and wherein each cache comprises a first NVS portion and a second NVS port... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100211606 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO PERFORM A VERSION PRE-CHECK OF A STORAGE CONTROLLER COMMAND A method to perform a version pre-check of a storage controller command, wherein the method extracts a plurality of objects from a storage controller command, and determines, without querying the storage controller, if each object comprising a method or a method paramet... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100188776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A TAPE DRIVE A system, a method, and article of manufacture are employed to clean the input/output transducers on tape drives, verified by the tape drives reading alphanumeric information from data tracks and servo tracks of a cleaner tape. An aggressive cleaning frontcoat section o... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100177436 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO TRANSFER DATA TO AND FROM A SEQUENTIAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM A sequential information storage medium, comprising a plurality of servo patterns encoded lengthwise thereon, wherein each servo pattern encodes at least one LPOS bit and comprises a width less than 187 microns.... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100177435 | SERVO PATTERN ARCHITECTURE TO UNCOUPLE POSITION ERROR DETERMINATION FROM LINEAR POSITION INFORMATION A sequential data storage medium, such as for example and without limitation a magnetic tape, comprising a plurality of servo patterns encoded in a non-data region, wherein each of said servo patterns comprises a first subframe comprising 10 pulses, a second subframe co... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100106877 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO CONTROL ACCESS TO STORED INFORMATION A method is disclosed to control access to stored information. The method supplies a control unit in communication with a computing device and in communication with stored information. If the computing device requests access to that stored information, the method determ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100100833 | METHOD TO CREATE AND USE AN ASPECT ORIENTED COLOR CODING ALGORITHM FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE A method to create an aspect oriented, color coding algorithm for a graphical user interface, wherein a graphical user interface (“GUI”) is generated when a code base is executed, and wherein the GUI comprises a plurality of interactable graphical objects, wherein t... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100082933 | AUTOMATED METHOD TO CONFIGURE A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM An automated, computer-implemented method to configure a data storage system comprising a host computer, a storage controller in communication with said host computer, and a plurality of data storage media in communication with said storage controller, wherein the metho... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100080091 | PASS-THROUGH ACCESSOR COMPRISING A FIXTURING APPARATUS FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF PORTABLE DATA STORAGE CASSETTES A pass-through accessor comprising a fixturing apparatus that can store a plurality of portable data storage cassettes. The pass-through accessor comprises a moveable gripper assembly comprising a plurality of gripping members. The gripper assembly releaseably attaches ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100077255 | CATALOG RECOVERY THROUGH SYSTEM MANAGEMENT FACILITIES REVERSE TRANSVERSAL A method for forward recovery of a catalog of a data storage system, comprising providing a recovery catalog and SMF records. In reverse chronological order, the (i)th entry of the record is checked for a data set change command. If none, the next entry is examined. Oth... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100071423 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING AN INTEGRATED LOCK MECHANISM An article of manufacture, such as a laptop computer, comprising a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, a computer readable medium disposed within the housing and in communication with the processor, a lock mechanism disposed within the housing, wherein the... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100070663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO PRESERVE ONE OR MORE LOGICAL COMMUNICATION PATHS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM A method to preserve a logical communication path in a data processing system, that includes a host computer, a storage controller that comprises a first logical control unit (“LCU”), and a logical communication path that is in communication with the host computer a... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100042663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE THE AVAILABLE STORAGE CAPACITY OF A PLURALITY OF SEQUENTIAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA DISPOSED IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM A method to optimize use of available storage capacity of a plurality of sequential data storage media, wherein the method provides (M) sequential data storage media each comprising a plurality of blockids, where the (i)th sequential data storage medium comprises an (i)... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042352 | PLATFORM SPECIFIC TEST FOR COMPUTING HARDWARE A platform specific test for computing hardware and method using same, wherein the method supplies a plurality of test procedures, and provides a computing device to be evaluated, where the computing device comprises (M) physical objects. The method identifies, for each... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100030956 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO STORE ORIGINAL POINT-IN-TIME DATA A method to store point-in-time data, comprising establishing a block size, providing source data storage comprising (S) blocks, and target data storage comprising (T) blocks. The method configures (B) source storage segments and (B) target storage segments, and receive... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100027209 | STORAGE SLOT FOR PORTABLE DATA STORAGE CARTRIDGES A storage slot for multiple data storage cartridges, comprising a planar member having a first end, a second end, a side interconnecting the first end and the second end, and a gate moveably connected to the side at the first end of the planar member, wherein the gate c... | 02/04/2010 |
