System and method for securing drive access to data storage media based on medium identifiers
US7000085B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for securing access to a data medium comprises listing at least one unique identifier of media that a data transfer element is allowed to access in memory storage of the data transfer element, accessing only media having at least one of the listed unique identifiers in media cartridge memory with the data transfer element, and writing a unique identifier associated with the data transfer element to the cartridge memory of the selected medium with the data transfer element in response to no library assigned unique identifier being present in the cartridge memory of the selected medium.
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