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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2005
Curtis C. Ballard, Eaton, CO (US);
Mike P. Fleischmann, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kelly J. Reasoner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Curtis C. Ballard, Eaton, CO (US);
Mike P. Fleischmann, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kelly J. Reasoner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Backup storage apparatus and related methods having a controller for controlling and monitoring a robotics assembly that loads and unloads storage media into and from storage devices and an operator control panel coupled to the controller for controlling functions of and displaying information regarding the apparatus. A user interface that is displayable on the operator control panel is operative to allow input of a storage media characteristic, locate media using the input storage media characteristic, and retrieve the location of the desired storage media corresponding to the characteristic that was input.