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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Stan Feather, Berthoud, CO (US);
Curtis C Ballard, Eaton, CO (US);
Steven Maddocks, Windsor, CO (US);
Shiraz Billimoria, Bristol, GB;
Stan Feather, Berthoud, CO (US);
Curtis C Ballard, Eaton, CO (US);
Steven Maddocks, Windsor, CO (US);
Shiraz Billimoria, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a cartridge library, comprises a management component comprising a first processor module and a memory medium communicatively connected to the first processor module, an interface controller comprising a second processor module and a memory medium communicatively connected to the second processor module, wherein the interface controller comprises logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when executed, cause the second processor module to, record, in a memory medium coupled to the cartridge library, at least one access control parameter, wherein the access control parameter identifies at least one of a user, a server, a command, or a time, receive, in an interface controller coupled to the cartridge library, a request for at least one resource of the cartridge library, and implement an access control routine in the interface controller to use the access control parameter to determine whether to limit a user's ability to perform at least one command on at least one resource of the cartridge library during at least one time period.