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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Steven Michael Kientz, Westminster, CO (US);
Matthew P. Wojciechowski, Erie, CO (US);
Inventors:
Steven Michael Kientz, Westminster, CO (US);
Matthew P. Wojciechowski, Erie, CO (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tape drive system for a tape cartridge including a tape and wireless identification tag may read information from the wireless identification tag and write the information to the tape. The tape drive system may toggle a bit stored on the wireless identification tag to indicate that the information has been written to the tape. The information may include tape initialization information.