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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7990812 | Storage systems and methods for publishing device addresses Storage systems and methods for publishing device addresses are disclosed. An exemplary method may include receiving addresses for a plurality of device objects in the storage system over an out-of-band path to each of the device objects. The method may also include... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7940608 | Auto feed, copy and print apparatus for information storage disks and method of the same An auto feed, copy and print apparatus for information storage disks and a method of the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame, a read/write and print device and a feeding device. The read/write and print device and the feeding device are mounted on the... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7821883 | Computer system and method capable of automatically duplicating data into discs The invention relates to a computer system capable of automatically duplicating data into discs with automatically blank-disc-supplying. The invention can be implemented by software, hardware, or any of the combinations. Since the invention does not utilize a mechan... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7453774 | Disk array system A disk array system having first and second housings and a controller for controlling the first and second housings. Fiber channel hard disk drives are received in the first housing, and serial ATA hard disk drives are received in the second housing. When reading da... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7447121 | Disk array system A disk array system having first and second housings and a controller for controlling the first and second housings. Fiber channel hard disk drives are received in the first housing, and serial ATA hard disk drives are received in the second housing. When reading da... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7350102 | Cost reduction schema for advanced raid algorithms A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform operations to read information stored in a storage system. The storage system includes a controller coupled to a plurality of type I performanc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342747 | Recording disk cartridge A recording disk cartridge includes a plurality of flexible recording disk media integrally rotatably housed within a cartridge case including: a lower plate for configuring a lower wall; at least one inner plate partitioning the recording disk media; and an upper p... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331869 | Method and apparatus for creating and playing soundtracks in a gaming system A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328285 | Apparatus and method for writing information to a designated information storage medium with an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format A method to write information to a designated information storage medium using an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format, whereby a previously-determined media bit for the designated information storage medium is examined, and a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327640 | Recording and reproducing apparatus, recording and reproducing method, and storage medium When the user designates the reproduction of searching audio data, the designated searching audio data and audio volume data are read from a searching data recording portion. The searching audio data is reproduced corresponding to the audio volume data. When the use... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321529 | Shuffle device and central control device provided with the shuffle device A shuffle device for players with different types of storage medium such as CD, DVD, hard disk drive or random access memory. The shuffle device is provided in a particular central control device such as a remote control, a hand-held computer, a personal digital ass... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7290068 | Apparatus and method for writing information to a designated information storage medium with an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording A method to write information to a designated information storage medium using an allocated data storage device using a specified information recording format, whereby a previously-determined media bit for the designated information storage medium is examined, and a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286745 | Providing a capability to sort contents data and to maintain a current sorting mode A reproducing apparatus is disclosed, that has at least one record medium on which contents data and related information thereof are recorded, for handling the contents data and the related information, the record medium being attachable to and detachable from the r... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7251718 | Apparatus, system, and method for managing addresses and data storage media within a data storage library An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing physical addresses of data storage media within a data storage library. The library maintains a data table of storage slots and the media stored in those slots. The data table may contain addresses for stor... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7212470 | Method and apparatus to transfer information between a host computer and one or more hard disks disposed in a data storage and retrieval system An accessor moveably disposed within a data storage and retrieval system, where that accessor includes an information input/output device and a power supply connector disposed on a gripper mechanism such that the information input/output device and the power supply ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203135 | Disk array system and method for controlling disk array system A disk array system having first and second housings and a controller for controlling the first and second housings. Fiber channel hard disk drives are received in the first housing, and serial ATA hard disk drives are received in the second housing. When reading da... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200074 | Disk array system and method for controlling disk array system A disk array system having first and second housings and a controller for controlling the first and second housings. Fiber channel hard disk drives are received in the first housing, and serial ATA hard disk drives are received in the second housing. When reading da... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187627 | System for controlling recording and reproducing data using management information on the medium An information reproducing/recording system has a reproducing apparatus which reproduces program information from a first recording medium, a recording/reproducing apparatus which records program information on a second recording medium or reproduces program informa... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7167857 | Method and system for finding approximate matches in database Entertainment content complementary to a musical recording is delivered to a user's computer by means of a computer network link. The user employs a browser to access the computer network. A plug-in for the browser is able to control an audio CD or other device for ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158781 | System management A method may be provided for establishing a service communication channel to a multi-server computer system comprising a plurality of modular units. At least selected modular units can have a wireless communication port. The method may comprise transmitting an exist... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155382 | Audio-visual language instruction system without a computer A learning system has at least one printed entity comprising lesson information in an ordered series of one or more of sentences, phrases, pictures, or alphanumeric representations, a digital memory media having recorded thereon separately playable audio files compr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7080203 | Serial EEPROM for volume identification and drive specific information storage in a hard disk drive library A method and apparatus for providing, in an automated data storage system having a plurality of removable data storage devices, independent memory devices associated with and physically attached to respective removable data storage devices for storing volume identif... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076693 | Disc drive and recording-disc loading control method A disc drive (A) for data transfer between a magneto-optical disc (B) and a host (C) is provided. The disc drive reads and stores in a RAM (12) medium identification information unique to the magneto-optical disc (B) and DMA information (B2) including ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7057981 | Disk array system and method for controlling disk array system A disk array system having first and second housings and a controller for controlling the first and second housings. Fiber channel hard disk drives are received in the first housing, and serial ATA hard disk drives are received in the second housing. When reading da... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051054 | Method and apparatus for emulating read/write file system on a write-once storage disk A method and apparatus for storing, updating, adding, deleting, and locating file system objects on a WORM storage medium, wherein information can be written to, but not erased from, the storage medium. The WORM storage medium has a writeable area that includes a sy... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046586 | Automated hardware sensing and library configuration A method and apparatus for automatically configuring a robotic storage media library is disclosed. The disclosed invention utilizes software to interpret signals from specially designed hardware to determine the hardware characteristics of the library at startup. Th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008134 | Disc management system An optical storage media management system and process for storing and organizing a relatively large collection of optical discs in the form of a display binder with a plurality of display sheets including associated indicia matching a positional identifier indicati... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005815 | Electric actuator system The detection of a pulse signal in an initialization pattern is ensured regardless of the position where a DC motor is stopped. A CPU detects the pulse signal generated by the pulse generator and an angle of rotation of a rotating shaft, and controls an angle of rot... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6937541 | Virtual jukebox A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and p... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928037 | Method for playing back recording medium A method for playing a recording medium, in particular an optical storage disc, used to access titles more quickly. Stored in a run-in area of the recording medium is at least one address area that includes at least one address of a beginning of a title stored on th... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6904004 | Audio system with variable random-play option A video or audio play-back apparatus has a variable random play option to control a degree of randomnees of the selections made from a play list. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6791910 | Library controller having stored table indicating attributes of an automated data storage library with respect to media Disclosed is an automated data storage library for storing and retrieving data storage media in a plurality of storage slots, for a host processor. At least one drive unit is coupled to the host processor for reading and/or writing data on the data storage media. A ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6757792 | Storage system and method of configuring the storage system When storage controllers are added to a storage system to change the storage system from a configuration having only one storage controller to a configuration having plural storage controllers, or when storage controllers are removed from the storage system to chang... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6754768 | Library of hard disk drives with transparent emulating interface Disclosed is a library of hard disk drives with transparent emulating interface. The hard disk drives are shelved in associated storage locations in the library. A library controller translates the logical address of a requested hard disk drive known to the requesti... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6647459 | Reproducing apparatus for record disc A reproducing apparatus (100) is provided with a reading device (4) for reading reproduction data and reproduction control data to control a reproduction of the reproduction data from a record disc (1), on which the reproduction data and the reproduction ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6636778 | Allocation of data storage drives of an automated data storage library Data storage drives of an automated data storage library are allocated to received requests. A drive resource provider, upon receiving a request for a drive when all of the drives of the pool are allocated, holds any mount of a portable data storage cartr... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6614733 | Apparatus and method of determining disk size in a multi-disk changer The present invention relates to method and apparatus for determining presence or absence of a disk and size of a disk inserted in a disk holder of a multi-disk changer. A disk size determining apparatus of a multi-disk changer of the present invention, i... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6600701 | Stacking unit for an electronic device with electromechanical switching unit The invention relates to a device for reading information stored on an information plate (6, 7) and/or writing information on an information plate (6, 7), comprising a stacking unit for the storage of at least two information plates in storage compartment... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6519678 | Virtualization of data storage drives of an automated data storage library Drive image providers of a virtualization system for an automated data storage library provide an image of a fixed plurality of virtual data storage drives with fixed identifications to a host application. A drive resource provider, at any one time, assig... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6515944 | Disk playback device and method of continuously playing back disks without a break in sound reproduction A disk playback device including a memory for temporarily storing data from a pickup and outputting the data as delayed by a predetermined period of time, manual keys, and a system control circuit for detecting the playback end of a disk from the playback... | 02/04/2003 |
