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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Paul Clinton Coffin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert L. Mueller, Windsor, CO (US);
David P. Jones, Bellvue, CO (US);
Paul Clinton Coffin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert L. Mueller, Windsor, CO (US);
David P. Jones, Bellvue, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing automated access to a plurality of data media located in an extendable drawer in an opening in a data storage system are provided. Briefly, one such method comprises the steps of: receiving information associated with one of the plurality of data media located in the drawer; based on the information associated with one of the plurality of data media, determining the corresponding predefined position relative to the opening in the data storage system; and positioning the drawer in the predefined position relative to the opening in the data storage system.