Virtual robot for a multimedia automated cartridge librrary system
CA 2095833 A1 · Owner: Raicer, Robert J. · Inventors: Raicer, Robert J.; Leonhardt, Michael Lawrence; Milligan, Charles Allen
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The automated library system (100) stores and retrieves media cartridges (1202) for an associated plurality of media drives (211-214). Within this system, a virtual robot is implemented to create multiple virtual media libraries within the single automated cartridge library system (100). This capability enables the use of a plurality of types of media within the single automated cartridge library (100) and a corresponding plurality of drive elements (211-214) within the library (100). Thus each drive element, (211-214) has associated therewith a number of object storage locations (201, 202) within the library (100) which contain media of a form and content that matches the drive element …
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- Filed November 15, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 15, 2011.
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