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Patents Examined by Nguyen Tanh Q

Media element library with non-overlapping subset of media elements and non-overlapping subset of media element drives accessible to first host and unaccessible to second host

Patent number: 6328766

Abstract: A media element library defines a viral configuration different from the physical configuration of media and drives actually present in the library. A plurality of host computer systems communicate with the library as if they were communicating with a conventional library having a physical configuration identical to the virtual configuration defined by the library.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 25, 1998

Date of Patent: December 11, 2001

Assignee: Overland Data, Inc.

Inventor: Robert M. Long