Mobile device application for managing media and media devices
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a mobile device comprisinga user interface to administrative functions related to a data medium, whereinthe administrative functions are selected in response to user input, andthe administrative functions comprise removing the data medium by an autoloader and inserting the data medium by the autoloader,a scanner configured to determine a data medium identity, anda data transmission mechanism configured to transmit the data medium identity of a data medium and an identity of a location of the data medium, wherein the identity of the location of the data medium comprises an identity of a transport stage when the data medium is at the transport stage;
a web service module configured toreceive, from the mobile device, the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium, andprovide the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium to a data store; and
the data store comprisingidentities of each of a plurality of data media,status of a first of the plurality of data media, whereinthe status indicates whether the first of the plurality of data media is off-line, andthe identity of the location of the first of the plurality of data media, if the first of the plurality of data media is off-line.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for maintaining the location of a removable data medium once that removable data medium has been taken off-line is provided. Such a capability is provided by a mobile device that includes a data transmission mechanism configured to transmit the identity of a data medium and an identity of the location of that data medium. The transmission from the mobile device is received by a web service module that provides the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium to a data store. In one embodiment, the data store comprises an identification of each of a plurality of data media, the status of each of the data media indicating whether that data medium is on or off-line, and if off-line the identity of the location of the off-line data medium.
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21 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a mobile device comprising a user interface to administrative functions related to a data medium, wherein the administrative functions are selected in response to user input, and the administrative functions comprise removing the data medium by an autoloader and inserting the data medium by the autoloader, a scanner configured to determine a data medium identity, and a data transmission mechanism configured to transmit the data medium identity of a data medium and an identity of a location of the data medium, wherein the identity of the location of the data medium comprises an identity of a transport stage when the data medium is at the transport stage; a web service module configured to receive, from the mobile device, the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium, and provide the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium to a data store; and the data store comprising identities of each of a plurality of data media, status of a first of the plurality of data media, wherein the status indicates whether the first of the plurality of data media is off-line, and the identity of the location of the first of the plurality of data media, if the first of the plurality of data media is off-line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a mobile device, a data medium identity and an identity of a location of the data medium, wherein the identity of the location of the data medium comprises an identity of a transport stage when the data medium is at the transport stage; providing the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium to a data store, wherein the data medium identity is determined by a scanner coupled to the mobile device, and the data store comprises identities of each of a plurality of data media, status of a first of the plurality of data media, and an identity of the location of the first of the plurality of data media if the first of the plurality of data media is off-line, wherein the status indicates whether the first of the plurality of data media is off-line; and querying, by the mobile device, the data store for information for display on a user interface, wherein the user interface is configured to provide administrative functions related to the data medium, the administrative functions are selected in response to user input, the administrative functions comprise removing the data medium by an autoloader and inserting the data medium by the autoloader, and the information comprises one or more of an identity of a location of a specified removable media, and an identification of removable media stored in a specified location. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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