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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
James Tse-ching Yu, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jason M. Anderson, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Raju Ramanathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Yingchun Simon Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Wade Stufflebeam, Jr., Monroe, WA (US);
James Tse-Ching Yu, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jason M. Anderson, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Raju Ramanathan, Redmond, WA (US);
Yingchun Simon Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Wade Stufflebeam, Jr., Monroe, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for controlling the spin rate of an optical device. A device driver provides notification that media has been inserted into the optical device. A control service determines the format of information on the media. The spin rate of the optical device is locked or unlocked based on the format.