Patent ID: 7885147
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G11B,G11C

Abstract:
1. A method to provide data storage services by a data storage services provider to a data storage services customer by storing information in one or more holographic data storage media disposed in a holographic data storage system operated by said data storage services provider, wherein said holographic data storage system comprises a light source, a spatial light modulator, and a plurality of holographic data storage media, the method comprising: receiving by said data storage services provider information provided by said data storage services customer; allocating a first holographic data storage medium for exclusive storage of information provided by said data storage services customer, wherein said first data storage medium is one of said plurality of holographic data storage media; defining an outer storage portion of said first allocated holographic data storage medium; storing said information as one or more holograms encoded in said outer storage portion of said first holographic data storage medium.