Patent ID: 7706215
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A computer readable storage medium storing an application program interface (API) for controlling an external media changer, the API comprising: an identification component for determining at least one of a location, type, or identity of one or more media discs located in the external media changer, wherein the identification component is functional to expose at least the following properties for use by an application: a loading component for loading and unloading of the one or more media discs into the external media changer, wherein the loading component of the API allows a member of the one or more media discs to be loaded into a specified slot of the external media changer; and a locking component for locking and unlocking of the external media changer, wherein the locking component of the API prevents computing applications other than a computing application that locks a media changer drive of the external media changer to access the media changer drive by way of the API.