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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:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AA (US);
Khanh V. Ngo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Charles V. Polkiewicz, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Businesss Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes making a determination whether to modify a cleaning cycle, e.g., of a tape drive, based at least in part on at least one of: an age of one or more tapes, a type of one or more tapes, and an identity of a vendor of one or more tapes. A selection and/or modification of a timing of a cleaning operation is made based on the determination.