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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:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Applicant:
Yoshihiko Yasue, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiko Yasue, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/18 (2006.01); G11B 15/68 (2006.01); G11B 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data storage medium library includes a plurality of magazines. The magazines include a plurality of cells. An addressor addresses a logical cell address of the cell that stores a data storage medium. The logical cell address indicates what number the cell is as counted in ascending order in the cells that store data storage media. A reporter reports the logical cell address to a host device. When the addressor counts, the addressor skips an empty cell.