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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. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Jessica L. Kahn, Boulder, CO (US);
Dennis M. Summers, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Mark A. Green, Berthoud, CO (US);
David A. Coleman, Silverdale, WA (US);
Gregory P. Fry, Portland, OR (US);
Carl Fry, Portland, OR (US);
Jessica L. Kahn, Boulder, CO (US);
Dennis M. Summers, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Mark A. Green, Berthoud, CO (US);
David A. Coleman, Silverdale, WA (US);
Gregory P. Fry, Portland, OR (US);
Carl Fry, Portland, OR (US);
Sonic Solutions, Novato, CA (US);
Abstract
An invention is disclosed for automatically preparing removable media for content, such as by automatically formatting media such as CDs and DVDs. A drive type is determined for a drive present on a computer system. The drive type defines characteristics of the drive. In addition, a media type is detected for removable media, such as a compact disc or floppy disk, present in the drive. Similar to the drive type, the media type defines characteristics of the removable media. Based on the drive type and media type, the removable media is automatically prepared for content in response to receiving a request to write to the removable media.