Patent ID: 7784690

Claim:
A system comprising: a mobile device comprising a user interface to administrative functions related to a data medium, wherein the administrative functions are selected in response to user input, and the administrative functions comprise removing the data medium by an autoloader and inserting the data medium by the autoloader, a scanner configured to determine a data medium identity, and a data transmission mechanism configured to transmit the data medium identity of a data medium and an identity of a location of the data medium, wherein the identity of the location of the data medium comprises an identity of a transport stage when the data medium is at the transport stage; a web service module configured to receive, from the mobile device, the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium, and provide the data medium identity and the identity of the location of the data medium to a data store; and the data store comprising identities of each of a plurality of data media, status of a first of the plurality of data media, wherein the status indicates whether the first of the plurality of data media is off-line, and the identity of the location of the first of the plurality of data media, if the first of the plurality of data media is off-line.