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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Jorge Campello, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bruce A. Wilson, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard New, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge Campello, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bruce A. Wilson, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard New, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and a method for generating warranty and pricing information for one or more data storage apparatuses. In one embodiment, a system for processing status parameters of one or more data storage apparatuses comprises at least one host system configured to retrieve one or more status parameters of one or more data storage apparatus; a vendor system; and a network coupled with the at least one host system and the vendor system. The at least one host system is configured to send the one or more status parameters via the network to the vendor system. The vendor system is configured to use the one or more status parameters to generate any one or more of warranty information, pricing information, and design improvement information for the data storage apparatus.