Locating media by characteristics in storage apparatus
US7941596B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/225
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Backup storage apparatus and related methods having a controller for controlling and monitoring a robotics assembly that loads and unloads storage media into and from storage devices and an operator control panel coupled to the controller for controlling functions of and displaying information regarding the apparatus. A user interface that is displayable on the operator control panel is operative to allow input of a storage media characteristic, locate media using the input storage media characteristic, and retrieve the location of the desired storage media corresponding to the characteristic that was input.
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