Patent ID: 7606948

Claim:
A method of processing status parameters of one or more data storage apparatuses, the method comprising: sending a request by a vendor system to a host system for retrieval of one or more status parameters prior to retrieving and sending the one or more status parameters to the vendor system by the host system; receiving, via a network by the vendor system, one or more status parameters of the data storage apparatus retrieved by the host system from the data storage apparatus; and using the one or more status parameters to generate any one or more of warranty information, pricing information, and design improvement information for the data storage apparatus, wherein the status parameters correspond to current usage statistics with respect to an operating time period, a current temperature, and a shock exposure of the data storage apparatus; wherein the status parameters corresponding to the current usage statistics, the temperature, and the shock exposure of the data storage device are sent automatically by the host system to the vendor system on a periodic basis.