Monitoring and reporting hard disk drives identification using r

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1998-07-10

2000-11-28

Lee, Thomas C.

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral monitoring

710 7, 710 19, 710129, 709229, 711103, 713200, 714 36, 714719, 3405721, G06F 1310

Patent

active

061547905

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed towards a method and system for retrieving and reporting serial numbers of hard disk drives in a computer system. The method and system include electronically obtaining the serial number of each of the hard disk drives. The method and system also include providing the serial number of each of the hard disk drives to a display via a browser. The method and system additionally include copying the serial number of each of the hard disk drives to a radio frequency (RF) enabled memory, wherein the serial numbers can be logged utilizing an RF reader. The RF reader may be included in an RF gate and/or a hand held device. Computer systems with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology configured in accordance with the present invention enable automated electronic tracking of computer assets such as the hard disk drives as they pass through the RF gate in or out of a portal. Computer systems with the RFID technology also enable the automated electronic tracking of the hard disk drives or other computer assets via the hand held device. In either case, no direct contact with the hard disk drive is needed for the tracking and reporting.

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