Hitachi-LG Data Storage Assigned Patent

Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (8,982,680) developed by Shimoda, Nozomu, Tokyo, Japan, for a “data archive system.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”In a data archive system including plural sets of data library apparatuses and a control unit and an information storing unit connected to the plural sets of data library apparatuses, the data library apparatus includes a recording medium storing unit that stores plural recording media, a data recording and reproducing device that records data in the recording media and reproduces data from the recording media, a recording medium transporting unit that transports the recording media between the recording medium storing unit and the data recording and reproducing device, and a data library apparatus control unit that controls an action of the data library apparatus, the information storing unit stores management information for managing the recording medium storing unit, the control unit controls actions of the total data archive system, and when a recording medium storing unit is attached to the data library apparatus.“

The patent application was filed on August 29, 2014 (14/472,524).