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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2001
Kirby Grant Dahman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kathryn Eileen Eldred, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gavin Stuart Johnson, Aromas, CA (US);
Jon Arthur Lynds, San Jose, CA (US);
Wayne Erwin Rhoten, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to record information on a data storage medium using buffered tape marks. A data storage device comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein for implementing Applicants' method to record information on a data storage medium using buffered tape marks. A data storage and retrieval system comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein for implementing Applicants' method to record information on a data storage medium using buffered tape marks. Computer program products embodied as program code stored in one or more memory devices, such as a magnetic disk, a magnetic tape, or other non-volatile memory device disposed in a host computer, a data storage device, and/or a library controller.