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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Carsten Prigge, Elizabeth, CO (US);

Turguy Goker, Vista, CA (US);

Robert Yang, Greenwood Village, CO (US);

Bruno Hald, Parker, CO (US);

Robert Munio, Superior, CO (US);

Randall Elmer, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Ryan Duffy, Westminster, CO (US);

Scott Rockwell, Aurora, CO (US);

Assignee:

Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/28 (2006.01); G11B 15/68 (2006.01); G11B 23/03 (2006.01); G11B 15/04 (2006.01); G11B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/287 (2013.01); G11B 15/04 (2013.01); G11B 15/682 (2013.01); G11B 15/689 (2013.01); G11B 17/22 (2013.01); G11B 23/0307 (2013.01); G11B 23/288 (2013.01); G11B 2220/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

The technology disclosed herein enables automatic implementation of a physical barrier to protect access to data on removable storage media. In a particular embodiment, a method provides determining that the item moved into a storage position using an automatic transfer mechanism and determining that a condition for protecting the item is satisfied. Upon determining that the condition is satisfied, the method provides implementing a physical barrier that prevents the automatic transfer mechanism from removing the item from the storage position.


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