Patent ID: 8402000
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of verifying a request for recalling data storage media from an offsite location to a data storage media library associated with a data storage operation, the method comprising: receiving a report comprising a list of media components requested in a shipment of media components sent from an offsite media storage facility to the media library, each item in the list comprising both machine-readable and human-readable information that describes a particular requested media component; electronically scanning the machine-readable information from the list in the report to identify automatically or partially automatically the requested contents of the shipment of media components; upon receipt at the media library of the shipment of media components from the media storage facility, electronically scanning each media component in the shipment in order to automatically or partially automatically identify actual contents of the shipment of media components; automatically comparing the identified requested contents of the shipment with the identified actual contents of the shipment that was sent from the media storage facility; and when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment are the same as the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically sending an electronic confirmation of receipt of the shipment; when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment do not include all of the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to obtain requested media components that were not included in the shipment; and, when the comparison determines that the identified actual contents of the shipment include extra media components that were not in the identified requested contents of the shipment, automatically or partially automatically performing an action to return the extra media components to the offsite media storage facility.