Determining a current location of a data storage system
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsScott E Joyce, Bruce R Rabe
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Abstract
A method and system for use in determining a current location of a data storage system is disclosed. A current location of a mobile portable device is determined in response to the device being positioned local to the data storage system. The mobile portable device comprises a position determining module for determining the current location of the device. The determined current location of the device is associated with the data storage system local thereto. The determined current location is stored in connection with the data storage system.
Claims18
A method for use in determining a current location of a data storage system, the method comprising:
- determining a current location of a mobile portable device in response to the device being positioned local to the data storage system, wherein the mobile portable device comprises a position determining module for determining the current location of the device;
- receiving in the mobile portable device an image in connection with at least a portion of the data storage system;
- comparing the image with stored identification information relating to the data storage system in response to receiving the image in the mobile portable device;
- identifying the data storage system in response to comparing the image with stored identification information relating to the data storage system;
- associating the determined current location of the device with the identified data storage system;
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- storing the determined current location in connection with the identified data storage system.
A system for use in determining a current location of a data storage system, the system comprising:
- first logic determining a current location of a mobile portable device in response to the device being positioned local to the data storage system, wherein the mobile portable device comprises a position determining module for determining the current location of the device;
- second logic receiving in the mobile portable device an image in connection with at least a portion of the data storage system;
- third logic comparing the image with stored identification information relating to the data storage system in response to receiving the image in the mobile portable device;
- fourth logic identifying the data storage system in response to comparing the image with stored identification information relating to the data storage system;
- fifth logic associating the determined current location of the device with the identified data storage system;
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- sixth logic storing the determined current location in connection with the identified data storage system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.