Data storage cartridge with worm write-protection
US7265928B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/78
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage cartridge is equipped with write-once-read-many (WORM) write-protection. The cartridge is compatible with an existing cartridge docking station with a modification to the control logic of the docking station's control module. Specifically, the control logic is altered to recognize that sensing magnets with both sensors requires the docking station to allow data to be written to, but not erased or altered on the cartridge. In this manner, a third possibility of write-protection status is added to the two existing possibilities of full write-protection and no write-protection. Some embodiments of the invention also provide redundant indications of the WORM write-protection status of the cartridge. For example, embodiments of the invention may incorporate a radio-frequency identification (RF) tag within the cartridge and/or a status bit written into a designated WORM register within a media information header during pre-format of the cartridge media.
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