Data storage system and apparatus
AssigneeNanometer Storage Corporation (California)
InventorGregory R. Monzar
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Abstract
A data storage system, having a data processor operable to convert digital data signals into ink dot patterns, and a data processor operable to receive the ink dot patterns and convert them into digital signals, the system having at least one print media receiving carrier or panel, a printing member operable to deposit ink dot patterns in a print medium on the carrier panel, and a print media reader operable to read the ink dot patterns and create data signals there from, and a method of storing and retrieving data.
Claims11
A data storage system, having a data processor operable to convert digital data signals into ink dot patterns, and operable to receive such ink dot patterns, and convert them into digital signals, and comprising:
- at least one print media receiving carrier;
- a printing member operable to deposit ink dot patterns in a print medium on said carrier;
- and,
- a print media reader operable to read said ink dot patterns and create data signals therefrom.
A method of storing and retrieving data for use in a computer system and having data encryption for encrypting data into symbols, and data recovery for recovering data from said symbols, said method comprising:
- moving a carrier from a storage area to an active area;
- printing encrypted data symbols on a carrier, and storing the carrier in a storage area;
- retrieving a carrier from the storage area into the active area;
- reading said encrypted data on said carrier and returning said carrier from said active area to said storage area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.