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US 2006/0215501 A1Published application
Optical drive spin rate control
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJames Yu, Jason Anderson, Raju Ramanathan, Yingchun Zhang, Kenneth Stufflebeam
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling the spin rate of an optical device. A device driver provides notification that media has been inserted into the optical device. A control service determines the format of information on the media. The spin rate of the optical device is locked or unlocked based on the format.
Claims19
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:
- receiving a notification that media is inserted into an optical drive;
- determining a format of information on the media;
- and
- controlling a spin rate of the optical drive based on the format.
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A method for controlling an optical drive, comprising:
- receiving a notification that media is inserted into an optical drive;
- receiving a speed from an application that seeks to access the optical drive;
- and
- controlling a spin rate of the optical drive based on the speed.
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An apparatus for controlling an optical drive, comprising:
- a control service arranged to determine a spin rate of the optical drive based on a format of data of media contained therein;
- an optical device driver arranged to lock or unlock the spin rate of the optical drive based on instructions from the control service;
- and
- an application arranged to access the optical drive via the optical device driver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.