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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kelly J Reasoner, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Kristianne E Johnson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for retrieving data cartridge information associated with a data cartridge while the data cartridge is external to a media storage system. An identification device containing the data cartridge information may be operatively associated with the data cartridge. A reader may be operatively associated with a media storage system in which the data cartridge is to be used. The reader is operable to read the data cartridge information contained on the identification device when the data cartridge is external to the media storage system.