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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCandice L. Coletrane, Eric R. Kern, Chambrea L. Kittrell, Robyn A. McGlotten
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Methods, apparatus, and products for controlling shared access of a media tray are disclosed that include monitoring communications between a virtualized media tray and a computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray; receiving an access request from a requesting computing device not currently connected to the virtualized media tray; determining, in dependence upon the monitored communications between the virtualized media tray and the computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray, to switch connection of the virtualized media tray from the computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray to the requesting computing device; and switching connection of the virtualized media tray from the computing device currently connected to the virtualized media tray to the requesting computing device.
A method of controlling shared access of a media tray, the media tray connected to a management module, the media tray virtualized by the management module and connected to a plurality of computing devices for sharing, the method comprising:
An apparatus for controlling shared access of a media tray, the media tray connected to a management module, the media tray virtualized by the management module and connected to a plurality of computing devices for sharing, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
A computer program product for controlling shared access of a media tray, the media tray connected to a management module, the media tray virtualized by the management module and connected to a plurality of computing devices for sharing, the computer program product disposed in a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:
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