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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Daniel J. Walkes, Superior, CO (US);
Inventor:
Daniel J. Walkes, Superior, CO (US);
Assignee:
Tandberg Data Holdings S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interfacing a host computer with a hard drive cartridge is disclosed in one embodiment. The virtual device interface is divided between a kernel component in a driver stack of the kernel space and a user component configured to run in user space. The kernel component passes data commands from the operating system to a cartridge dock while separating other commands that are passed to the user component. The user component authenticates the kernel component and/or the hard drive cartridge. Use of the removable hard drive cartridge is also authorized by the user component.