US Patent 7120735 Application level automatic format of removable media

Patent 7120735 was granted and assigned to Sonic Solutions on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Sonic Solutions

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7120735

Date of Patent

October 10, 2006

Patent Application Number

10443160

Date Filed

May 21, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Matthew Kim

Patent abstract

An invention is provided for automatically formatting removable media at the application level. The method includes intercepting a write request to write to removable media, and determining if the removable media is unformatted. When the removable media is unformatted, the removable media is automatically prepared for content. The write request is then provided to an operating system, which performs a write operation on the removable media. In one aspect, the method can determine whether the write request is directed to a supported drive, which is a drive within a predetermined set of supported drives. In this aspect, if the write request is not directed to a supported drive, the write request can be provided to the operating system without formatting the removable media.