Patent · US Expired

Method for controlling access to recorded data

US4677604A · kind A · utility

147Cited by
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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 4, 1985
Grant dateJun 30, 1987
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2587
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Access to a complete data base stored on optical disk media is limited to portions of the data base to which individual users are entitled by provision of an additional code on the optical disk, indicating the portions of the data base which the customers may access. The disk reader comprises an additional reader for reading the additional code and means for preventing access to other portions of the data base. The additional code may be conventional bar code.

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