Method and system for automatically tracking and controlling the usage of removable hard drives
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRichard T. Horn, Lynn Rochelle Kirby-Mello
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Abstract
A method and a system for automatically tracking and controlling usage of a first set of components, including the steps of receiving data from one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags electrically coupled with a second set of components; checking whether the first set of components are permitted to communicate with the second set of components; and enabling the first set of components to transfer data between the first and second set of components when communication is permitted.
Claims30
A system for automatically tracking and controlling usage of a first set of components, the system comprising:
- one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags electrically coupled with a second set of components;
- wherein the RFID tags enable the first set of components to transfer data between the first and second set of components.
A method for automatically tracking and controlling usage of a first set of components, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving data from one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags electrically coupled with a second set of components;
- checking whether the first set of components are permitted to communicate with the second set of components;
- and
- enabling the first set of components to transfer data between the first and second set of components when communication is permitted.
A method for controlling a plurality of removable memory devices, the method comprising the steps of:
- electrically coupling a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to each of a plurality of fixed memory devices;
- receiving data from the plurality of RFID tags;
- analyzing the data received from the plurality of RFID tags;
- and
- enabling communication between the plurality of fixed memory devices and the plurality of removable memory devices based on the analyzed data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.