Patents by Inventor Michael Banther

Michael Banther has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Storage library with removable media
    Publication number: 20080183997
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for managing a storage library with removable media. One method includes providing to an administrative console identification of host computers attempting to access a tape drive in a tape library; determining, from input at the administrative console, access rights for each of the host computers attempting to access the tape drive; and transmitting the access rights to the tape drive in order to configure the tape drive to determine which of the host computers are authorized to access the tape drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Curtis C. Ballard, John G. McCarthy, Steven Maddocks, Stanley S. Feathers, Michael Banther, Andrew Damian Topham