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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7505376 | Power supply apparatus and method using same A power supply module removably disposed within an automated data storage and retrieval system. An automated data storage and retrieval system which includes one or more power supply modules removably disposed therein. An accessor movably disposed with an automated ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7403451 | Media vaulting in an automated data storage library Disclosed are a system, a method, and article of manufacture to provide for managing data storage media to provide secure storage of the data storage media in an automated data storage library. A logical library partition vault is created in the automated data stora... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7355930 | Method of opening/closing a disk tray in a disk drive A method for opening/closing a disk tray of a disk drive. The method includes the steps of when a first event occurs, sending a load/unload command to the disk drive, to which the disk drive responds with a second or third event, and resends the load/unload command ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340749 | Method and apparatus to detect presence of or a size of a data cartridge A media-detection system for a cartridge-receiving device may comprise, according to one embodiment, a cartridge-referencing member mounted to the cartridge-receiving device. The cartridge-referencing member is resiliently displaceable by a data cartridge received i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333293 | Storage system having a reader with a light sensing portion inclined with respect to an axis of a label of a storage medium A storage system includes at least one storage medium having a label, the label having a width extending along a first axis. The tape storage system further includes a reader to read the label based on light scanned across the label, where the reader has a light sen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331056 | Data storage cartridge having baffles A media cartridge for use with data storage libraries. The cartridge includes a housing having an opening through which a carrier tray can be loaded and extracted to reveal a media element. A number of baffles are included to limit exposure of the media elements to ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7318116 | Control path failover in an automated data storage library A system, a method, and a computer program product to provide a failover procedure for an automated data storage library are provided. During the operation of a data storage library, a host computer issues control commands to the automated data storage library using... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7292506 | System and method of redundant cabling in a media storage system A media picker assembly includes a frame, a plunge assembly operable to travel along a predetermined axis of the frame to engage and disengage a media cartridge, and first and second cables coupled to the frame for transmitting first and second predetermined sets of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291855 | Medium transport apparatus A belt-like pattern reading unit reads a belt-like pattern given to the media storage cell using an image unit provided in a hold unit. A deflection amount calculating unit measures a deviation from a reference position of a horizontal pattern borderline correspondi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7233548 | Power supply apparatus and method using same A power supply module removably disposed within an automated data storage and retrieval system. An automated data storage and retrieval system which includes one or more power supply modules removably disposed therein. An accessor movably disposed with an automated ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7212375 | Automated storage library gripper apparatus and method A mechanical gripper mechanism for transporting and handling storage devices is provided. In one example, the gripper mechanism includes a pair of opposing gripper fingers rotatably mounted to the picker frame, each having a distal end adapted to engage opposite min... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201476 | Inkjet printhead with bubble handling properties Some embodiments of the invention provide a printhead having a chip feed extending between an ink reservoir and printhead nozzles, wherein the chip feed has an inlet, and outlet, and one or more projections or recesses in a transition surface of the chip feed. The t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197598 | Apparatus and method for file level striping A file level striping method adds an option for indicating whether or not to support file level striping to a file creation interface in a file system, extends an inode structure to include a last disk ID field, initializes the last disk ID when the file is created ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7158857 | Method and apparatus for aligning a cassette An alignment tool, method and system are provided for aligning a cassette handler to a robot blade in a workpiece handling system, in which the tool comprises a frame or fixture adapted to be supported by the cassette handler support surface, in which the frame has ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154703 | Magazine-based data cartridge library The present invention provides a magazine-based data cartridge library that, in one embodiment, comprises a plurality of shelves that are capable of holding a plurality of data cartridge magazines, one or more drives, a magazine transport for moving magazines within... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145841 | Programmable self-operating compact disk duplication system A system for the duplication of binary data onto CD-R disks, the system including a copy unit, a host computer and computer software, the software being installed in the host computer to provide a user interface and to direct the transfer of data from the host compu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146244 | Method of generating control commands in a distributed mass data storage library network A method of generating command instructions for a distributed mass data storage library comprises the steps of receiving an operator request from an operator, determining at least one command for at least one intelligent library component in response to the operator... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136988 | Mass data storage library frame spanning for mixed media Disclosed are a system, a method, and an article of manufacture to provide for configuring an automated data storage library having one or more storage frames that operate with different types of data storage media. The automated data storage library is configured t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7127725 | Disc collator A disc collator includes a series of collating trays for collating multiple discs. A disc can be deposited in any one of a number of trays according to where a user desires the disc to be placed, allowing prompt and timely retrieval of CDs. Motion of the disc collat... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117068 | System and method for library robotics positional accuracy using parallax viewing In one aspect and one example, a method for calibrating robotic picker mechanisms in automated storage library systems includes detecting a calibration mark with at least one sensor from a first position and a second position, where the first position and the second... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7088644 | Methods for regulating the position of a plunge mechanism of a cartridge engaging assembly Methods for controlling the position of a plunge mechanism which is mounted to a cartridge engaging assembly are disclosed herein. In one method, the position of a plunge mechanism associated with a cartridge engaging assembly is regulated by 1) providing a referenc... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7039726 | Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage library A dual purpose media drive exchanges data with removable media items. The drive includes at least one port to receive various control signals, including (1) data exchange commands directing the drive to read and/or write data to a media item mounted by the drive, an... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036131 | Printing optical disc player/recorder This disclosure provides a stand alone printing optical disc player/recorder for use in connection with CD's, DVD's, and Mini-Discs. In a particular embodiment the printing player/recorder has a combined player/recorder unit and an inkjet printer. Using a platter tr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028314 | Media storage system and method for identifying a storage location therein Media storage system and method for identifying storage locations therein. One embodiment of the media storage system may comprise at least one storage library having a storage area therein. At least one access panel operatively associated with the at least one stor... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978325 | Transferring data in virtual tape server, involves determining availability of small chain of data, if large chain is not available while transferring data to physical volumes in peak mode Disclosed is a system, method, and program for transferring data. Whether data is being transferred to physical volumes in peak mode is identified. If the data is being transferred in peak mode, whether a large chain of data is available for transfer to physical vol... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6957291 | Removable disk storage array emulating tape library having backup and archive capability A hard disk drive based data archive system emulating a tape archive system includes a hot pluggable multi-drive magazine having a housing for holding a plurality of hard disk drives, each drive connected to receive power and data from the magazine in a controlled f... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6943976 | Rezeroing a robot accessor of an automated data storage library The positioning of a robot accessor in an automated data storage library is rezeroed with respect to a home position which potentially avoids moving the robot accessor to the home position in every rezero operation. The robot accessor is moved to the expected locati... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941569 | System and method utilizing a conductive brush for providing power signals to a cartridge access device A cartridge access device in a cartridge storage system is designed to retrieve a cartridge from a storage device and to transfer the cartridge to a particular location within the system. Once the cartridge is no longer needed at the particular location, the cartrid... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925034 | Apparatus for regulating the position of a plunge mechanism of a cartridge engaging assembly Apparatus for controlling the position of a plunge mechanism which is mounted to a cartridge engaging assembly is disclosed herein. The apparatus may be embodied in a cartridge engaging assembly having a plunge mechanism that is moveable between a retracted position... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917573 | Disk apparatus for driving different kinds of optical disks and a method for identifying performance characteristics for a particular optical disk installed in the disk apparatus Multi-drive optical disk apparatus and a method and a label for easily confirming the respective performance characteristics for the different kinds of optical disks are provided. The respective performances, such as a data transfer rate are indicated by multiple-fo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6907314 | Inventory control device Inventory control devices and methods for controlling the inventory of a data storage system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the inventory control device comprises a sensor to sense a position of an access device of a data storage system, the access device having ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904005 | Power supply apparatus and method using same A power supply module removably disposed within an automated data storage and retrieval system. An automated data storage and retrieval system which includes one or more power supply modules removably disposed therein. An accessor movably disposed with an automated ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6822932 | Programmable self-operating compact disk duplication system A system for the duplication of binary data onto CD-R disks, the system including a copy unit, a host computer and computer software, the software being installed in the host computer to provide a user interface and to direct the transfer of data from the host compu... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6816332 | Vertical and horizontal path sensing within a data storage and retrieval system An accessor moveably disposed within a data storage and retrieval system which includes at least one electromagnetic radiation emitter and at least one electromagnetic radiation detector, where each emitter/detector combination have a facing relationship. A data sto... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6591164 | Library failover method using hot spare redundant picker mechanism A "hot spare" method for facilitating the seamless transition from a failed robotic mechanism to backup unit is provided. A spare robot is located inside a storage library on a section of rail (robotic track) from which it can be utilized on any rail laye... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6487474 | Automated data storage library with multipurpose slots providing user-selected control path to shared robotic device A data storage library features multipurpose slots each configured to receive a media drive (operable to read/write data from/to media removably loaded into the media drive) a command relay port (operable to convey media transport signals from a host to a... | 11/26/2002 |
