| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE36989 |
Virtual storage system and method |
December 12, 2000 |
| A virtual storage system for use in conjunction with a host computer is disclosed. The system features a memory control processor external to the host computer which divides user-defined data sets into blocks of a size convenient for storage on, e.g., magnetic media and individually assi |
| D411841 |
Data storage tape cartridge |
July 6, 1999 |
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| D410451 |
Disk drive frame |
June 1, 1999 |
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| D410446 |
Disk drive module for redundant arrays |
June 1, 1999 |
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| D367828 |
Indicator portion of a write protect block |
March 12, 1996 |
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| D353366 |
Cabinet for a disk drive array |
December 13, 1994 |
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| D350535 |
Cabinet for robotics library system for handling data storage cartridges for a computer system |
September 13, 1994 |
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| D349695 |
Cabinet for robotics library system for handling data storage cartridges for a computer system |
August 16, 1994 |
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| D349282 |
Housing for magnetic tape cartridge magazine autoloader |
August 2, 1994 |
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| D348656 |
Cabinet for a disk drive |
July 12, 1994 |
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| D348655 |
Cabinet for a disk drive |
July 12, 1994 |
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| D325217 |
Housing for a printer system |
April 7, 1992 |
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| D322805 |
Housing for a printer system |
December 31, 1991 |
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| D312619 |
Information display for a computer disk drive system |
December 4, 1990 |
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| 7426541 |
Electronic mail metadata generation and management |
September 16, 2008 |
| Electronic mail is archived and retrieved based on metadata generated by the client sending the electronic mail. The metadata is generated based on variable metadata generation policies distributed to each client. The metadata generation policies are executed in each client in conjunctio |
| 7426095 |
Media drive having a head positioning assembly utilizing a rotatable and slidable nut engaging a |
September 16, 2008 |
| A media drive having a deck and a head positioning assembly. The deck has a first threaded hole. The head positioning assembly includes a baseplate having an aperture, a nut having a second threaded hole, and an adjustment screw having first and second threaded portions. The nut rota |
| 7419729 |
Multilayered ferromagnetic laminate having alternating cobalt alloy and iron-nitrogen alloy film |
September 2, 2008 |
| A multilayered ferromagnetic laminate includes a first magnetic film having a cobalt alloy and a second magnetic film having an iron-nitrogen alloy. The films are deposited upon one another and laminated to provide a multilayered film structure having an alternating plurality of the |
| 7414805 |
Method for intelligent tape drive subsystem control and monitoring in a tape library |
August 19, 2008 |
| A method for adding intelligence into the tape drive subsystems of a media storage library. The present invention improves overall system availability by enhancing existing control, monitoring, and diagnostic functionalities. As a result of inserting intelligence into the drive trays |
| 7411872 |
Servo-tracking and three-dimensional alignment in page-based data optical storage |
August 12, 2008 |
| A system for page-based optical data storage includes a sensor array positioned to track a data page when the data page is optically read from or recorded to a storage medium. A servo mechanism is used to position the sensor array. A plurality of alignment points are defined relative to |
| 7409622 |
System and method for reverse error correction coding |
August 5, 2008 |
| A system and method for Reverse Error Correction Coding. The system includes a Constraint encoder, an Error Correction Code encoder, and a uniform interleaver. The Constraint encoder receives a source data stream and generates a first intermediate encoded data stream satisfying a first |
| 7403359 |
Method for protecting against corrosion in a GMR sensor by providing a protective coating over a |
July 22, 2008 |
| A method is provided for inhibiting corrosion in a layer of Cu or other material in a GMR sensor, wherein the GMR sensor may be used in a magnetic data storage system such as a tape drive system to substantially improve read head sensitivity. The GMR sensor comprises stacked layers of |
| 7400510 |
Canister-based storage system |
July 15, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a flexible storage system through the use of portable, removable canisters holding multiple storage subsystems. |
| 7392365 |
Dynamically changeable virtual mapping scheme |
June 24, 2008 |
| A system is provided to support dynamically changeable virtual mapping schemes in a data processing system. The present invention separates processing of data unit requirements from the selection of which storage subsystems to use for storage by using a storage methodologies inventory. |
| 7385812 |
Method and apparatus for a thermally conductive packaging technique for cooling electronic syste |
June 10, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for a thermally conductive packaging technique for cooling electronic systems. A heat source is partially surrounded by a set of thermal transfer media. A set of thermal transfer shells partially surround the set of thermal transfer media. The heat source connectio |
| 7382585 |
Magnetic head having AMR reader, writer, and GMR reader |
June 3, 2008 |
| A magnetic head for writing data to and reading data from a magnetic recording medium includes an inductive-type writer, an anisotropic magneto-resistive (AMR) reader, and a giant magneto-resistive (GMR) reader. The AMR reader is used to read data from "high magnetic flux" recording |
| 7370220 |
Method and apparatus for controlling power sequencing of a plurality of electrical/electronic de |
May 6, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for managing power sequencing in a data storage system. The turn-on or spin-up sequence for the media drives in an array of media drives is selectively controlled such that the overall rush current is reduced. The individual drive components are characterized to |
| 7369353 |
Apparatus for tape cartridge retention during transport |
May 6, 2008 |
| A tape cartridge transport assembly for moving a tape cartridge between a first library and a second library includes a guide arrangement disposable between the first and second libraries, and a cartridge carrier that is moveable along the guide arrangement. The cartridge carrier inc |
| 7359151 |
Magnetic head having writer with embedded write gap between wear-resistant pole tip layers |
April 15, 2008 |
| A method of fabricating a magnetic writer includes depositing a wear-resistant bottom pole tip layer on a bottom pole; depositing a write gap layer on the bottom pole tip layer; and depositing a wear-resistant top pole tip layer on the write gap layer. The layers are patterned such t |
| 7352540 |
Giant magneto-resistive (GMR) transducer having separation structure separating GMR sensor from |
April 1, 2008 |
| A giant magneto-resistive (GMR) transducer for reading data signals magnetically recorded on tape includes a GMR sensor and a separation structure formed on a front edge of the GMR sensor. The GMR sensor reads data signals magnetically recorded on a tape located at a head-tape interf |
| 7350101 |
Simultaneous writing and reconstruction of a redundant array of independent limited performance |
March 25, 2008 |
| A method, computer program product, and data processing system for continuously writing new data to a redundant array of independent storage devices without interrupting the writing of new data to the array to reconstruct missing data from a failed device or failed media is disclosed |
| 7340645 |
Data management with virtual recovery mapping and backward moves |
March 4, 2008 |
| The present invention is directed toward a data management appliance and ancillary technologies for replicating data written to a primary storage system. The data management appliance is a random-access storage system that at the logical block level replicates the contents of a primary |
| 7340641 |
Virtual storage status coalescing with a plurality of physical storage devices |
March 4, 2008 |
| Error messages generated when accessing more then one physical storage device are handled by coalescing the status from each accessed physical storage device. A controller receives a virtual storage request from a computing device specifying a virtual data access. The virtual data ac |
| 7340617 |
System and method of dynamically controlling storage device power supply current |
March 4, 2008 |
| For use in a data storage system, a method of dynamically controlling accesses to and from the storage device array. The method includes monitoring the type and frequency of IO requests to the devices to determine the duty cycle and monitoring at least one parameter related to power |
| 7337286 |
Storage control system for restoring a remote data copy |
February 26, 2008 |
| A method and system for retrieving data that is stored on a backup or secondary storage system located at a remote location to a local storage system. Restoring of backup data involves the transferring of a point-in-time copy of primary system data from a secondary storage system to |
| 7334750 |
Tape drive with leader connecting mechanism |
February 26, 2008 |
| A tape drive for use with a tape cartridge having a cartridge leader includes a drive body, a take-up reel supported by the drive body, and a drive leader connected to the take-up reel. The tape drive further includes a leader connecting mechanism for connecting the drive leader to t |
| 7331056 |
Data storage cartridge having baffles |
February 12, 2008 |
| 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 contamination. |
| 7328138 |
Method and system of measurement and optimization of noise in servo systems |
February 5, 2008 |
| Method and system of measuring and optimization of noise in a servo system. The method and system including features to optimize filtering otherwise reducing noise in the system so as to permit improved system operation. |
| 7327264 |
System and method for extending performance of media cartridge RF identification |
February 5, 2008 |
| A method of extending media cartridge radio frequency identification (RFID) performance physical range includes mounting a plurality of passive antenna couplers in a first sending/receiving device, connecting the couplers to a radio transmitter/receiver in the first sending/receiving |
| 7317593 |
Tape cartridge with pivotable access door |
January 8, 2008 |
| A tape cartridge for use with a tape drive having an actuation member includes a cartridge body that is insertable into the tape drive. The cartridge body includes first and second faces that extend at an angle to each other. The first face has a first opening and the second face has a |
| 7316352 |
System and method for locked code on a radio frequency identification tag |
January 8, 2008 |
| A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag system includes a coupler/controller subsystem and a memory. The coupler/controller subsystem wirelessly receives and transmits at least one user signal and at least one master signal. The memory is electrically coupled to the coupler/contr |
| 7312987 |
Adaptable thin plate modular heat exchanger blade for cooling electronic equipment |
December 25, 2007 |
| A computer peripheral system is provided that include at least one fluid cooled blade. The fluid cooled blade is formed by first and second walls that are secured together to form a fluid flow path. A supply of cooling fluid is connected to an inlet port to supply cooling fluid to the fl |
| 7306183 |
Self-centering tape guide for reduced edge flange contact in a tape cartridge |
December 11, 2007 |
| A system of rollers and guides that adjust a wrap angle of tape around a guide in a tape cartridge. The system of rollers is an outer guide and an inner roller connected to a spindle via rigid arms. The tape extends around the reel and around a portion of the outer diameter of the outer |
| 7306181 |
Guide for directing tape media along tape path with reduced contact between guide and tape edge |
December 11, 2007 |
| A tape guide is provided for use in routing a tape media, used in a computer or other application, along a pre-specified path of travel. The tape guide is oriented along a vertical axis and comprises three sections or components joined together to form an integral guide structure. An |
| 7305687 |
Apparatus for supporting a storage container |
December 4, 2007 |
| An apparatus for supporting a storage container upon removal from a storage compartment. A door is disposed proximate the storage compartment and is movable between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a mating feature. The storage container includes a retention |
| 7304855 |
Canister-based storage system |
December 4, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a flexible storage system through the use of portable, removable canisters holding multiple storage subsystems. |
| 7302540 |
Virtual tape storage system having snapshot virtual tape library for disaster recovery testing |
November 27, 2007 |
| A virtual tape storage system includes an original virtual tape library for storing data and includes snapshot virtual tape library (SVTL). The SVTL includes a snapshot of the data stored in the original virtual tape library. A host is operable to receive the snapshot data from the SVTL |
| 7298586 |
Thin-film read element with multiple read sensors |
November 20, 2007 |
| The present invention relates to a thin-film read element for use in reading magnetic signals from a device. The read element includes a first thin-film read sensor and a second thin-film read sensor that are each configured to convert the magnetic signals of the device to electrical |
| 7298585 |
Storage medium load and unload apparatus with an impact diverter |
November 20, 2007 |
| A storage medium load and unload apparatus for diverting a storage medium insertion impact force is provided. The load and unload apparatus comprises a shuttle having a first pin with a first radius extending from a side surface of the shuttle and a protrusion having a posterior edge |
| 7296024 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for automatically migrating and managing migrate |
November 13, 2007 |
| A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for managing and migrating data. A request is received from an application for data. The request is in a database-specific format. A determination is made regarding whether the data is located in a first database that ut |
| 7293285 |
Method and system for providing field scalability across a storage product family |
November 6, 2007 |
| Methods and systems for upgrading a storage library of a product line having a hardware component such as a storage array operable to run at low and high operating levels in which the hardware component is set to operate at the low operating level includes associating a software key |
