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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neville Yates, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Miller, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Touraj Boussina, San Carlos, CA (US);
Allen Harano, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/320 ; G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/320 ; G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
An improved interface between a host computer and a tape drive emulation system includes software interfaces for communicating control, configuration, and policy data and a hardware interface for providing redundancy and fan-out between the main controller and host channels.