Patent ID: 7882366

Claim:
A method for managing removable computer-readable storage media being transported across various locations, said method comprising: storing data on a plurality of removable computer-readable storage media at an on-site location; associating each of the removable computer-readable storage media with a particular tracking device, said tracking device having a storage medium; defining a specific intent expression applicable to each of the removable computer-readable storage media, said defined specific intent expression including conditions for managing its applicable removable computer-readable storage media, said conditions including one or more intent attributes that define a movement path for its applicable removable computer-readable storage media across the various locations and one or more intent attributes that define a period of time to complete the movement path, wherein the defined specific intent expression applicable to one of the storage media is different than the defined specific intent expression applicable to another one of the storage media; storing the defined specific intent expression for its applicable removable computer-readable storage media on the storage medium of the particular tracking device associated with its applicable removable computer-readable storage media; wherein said removable computer-readable storage media and the associated tracking device including the defined specific intent expression applicable to said storage media are transported from the on-site location to an offsite location; obtaining the defined specific intent expression for each of the removable computer-readable storage media from the storage medium of the associated tracking device at the offsite location; and managing the computer-readable storage media at the offsite location based on the obtained defined specific intent expression.