Optical storage medium having distortion regions, and a method of modifying an optical storage medium to include distortion regions
US7376073B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/21
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Theft, distribution, and piracy of digital content on optical media (software, video, audio, e-books, any content of any kind that is digitally stored and distributed) is often accomplished by copying it directly to another disc using commonly available copy tools and recordable optical media, or the copying of media to another mass manufactured disc. Methods which cause the copy process to become lengthy and inconvenient, or which produce copies that are significantly measurably different from the original and therefore be recognizable as copies, deter or prevent an unauthorized individual from making copies. This is accomplished by modifying the optical path of an optical medium to include regions of selective distortion. This, in turn, modifies the read operation of the data in the regions, which can be used to identify and authenticate the medium.
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