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Media element library with non-overlapping subset of media elements and non-overlapping subset of media element drives accessible to first host and unaccessible to second host

US6328766A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1998
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/90
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A media element library defines a viral configuration different from the physical configuration of media and drives actually present in the library. A plurality of host computer systems communicate with the library as if they were communicating with a conventional library having a physical configuration identical to the virtual configuration defined by the library.

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