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Oracle Assigned Five Patents

Optical media guiding method, bootstrapping server using configuration file stored in server-managed storage, R/W head with improved contact, horizontal pass-through for storage library, asynchronous media drive communications in library

Optical media guiding method
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,009,745) developed by Janssen, Clark M., Loveland, CO, for a “thin web optical media guiding method.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An optical data storage device includes an optical storage tape having one or more optical storage layers. A plurality of optical pickup units reads and/or writes data to the optical storage tape. A feed reel provides the optical storage tape to the optical pickup units. A guiding wheel that guides the optical storage tape when the optical storage tape is in the vicinity of the optical pickup units during read and/or write operations. Finally, a take-up reel receives the optical storage tape from the guiding wheel.

The patent application was filed on November 15, 2012 (13/677,511).

Bootstrapping server using configuration file stored in server-managed storage
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,009,121) developed by Wickremesinghe, Rajiv, Belmont, CA, Nandyala, Harish, Fremont, CA, Bagal, Prasad, San Jose, CA, and Friedman, David, San Francisco, CA, for a “bootstrapping server using configuration file stored in server-managed storage.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method and apparatus for booting a clustered management system is provided where the configuration information required to boot the system is stored within the system itself. The techniques cope with several issues including finding the configuration data on the physical disk before the logical disk system is established, coping with replicated copies of configuration data, network partitions and disk drive failures that may prevent a booting node to have perfect knowledge of the state of the entire system, and active nodes modifying or moving configuration data while the booting node is searching for a consistent, correct copy of configuration data.

The patent application was filed on October 30, 2009 (12/610,189).

Read/write head with improved contact
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,001,464) developed by Lakshmikumaran, Anand V., Westminster, CO, and Torline, Joseph E., Arvada, CO, for a “read/write head with improved contact.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A read/write head is provided with a body having a body length and a support surface to support data storage media as the data storage media is conveyed longitudinally across the support surface. The support surface of the body is curved about an axis in a widthwise direction of the elongate body. The support surface of the body has a reduced longitudinal length relative to the body length only in an intermediate region. At least one read/write device is provided on the intermediate region of the support surface of the body to read and/or write data on the data storage media as the data storage media is conveyed across the support surface. A tape drive system is provided with the read/write head, the at least one read/write device, and a motor to drive the data storage tape.

The patent application was filed on August 22, 2013 (13/973,408).

Horizontal pass-through for storage library
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,001,457) developed by Ostwald, Timothy Craig, Boulder, CO, and Manes, Joseph Paul, Arvada, CO, for a “horizontal pass-through for a data storage library.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Embodiments include systems and methods for providing throughput increase and/or physical expansion of a data storage library. Some embodiments include multiple robotic assemblies, each having its own hand assembly, which are electrically and mechanically integrated for concurrent use in a single storage library environment for increased throughput. Other embodiments include an active vertical pass-through assembly that operates to ferry cartridges from one storage library environment to another, vertically adjacent storage library environment. Some such embodiments use existing robotic mechanisms of the libraries to exploit a shared slot through which vertical pass-through functionality can be realized. Other embodiments include an active horizontal pass-through assembly that operates to ferry cartridges from one storage library environment to another, horizontally adjacent storage library environment. Some such embodiments include a separate robotic mechanism that couples with each library and actively passes a cartridge among them and is adjustable to varying spans between the libraries.

The patent application was filed on September 25, 2013 (14/036,374).

Asynchronous media drive communications in storage library
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,001,447) developed by Kim, Hyoungjin, Boulder, CO, Amador, Alexander Edward, Morrison, CO, and Russell, Stephanie Lynn, Erie, CO, for a “asynchronous media drive communications in a storage library.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Systems and methods are described for media drive operational data retrieval in a storage library in a manner that is asynchronous with respect to other drive-related communications. Embodiments operate in context of a data storage library having a robotic assembly that ferries media cartridges between media slots and media drives to fulfill requests by host systems. The media drives can communicate with a drive controller over a control path and with host systems over a data path. The drive controller can retrieve operational data from the media drive while the drive is effectively idle, and can communicate the retrieved operational data over the control path to the library. Accordingly, retrieval and communication of the drive operational data can be performed via the control path in a manner that is asynchronous with respect to data path and/or other drive-related communications.

The patent application was filed on December 23, 2013 (14/139,549).

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