141 |
Data Structure For Control Information On Data Storage Media |
US11560315 |
2006-11-15 |
US20070153643A1 |
2007-07-05 |
Charles Weirauch; Joel Larner |
A data storage medium includes a data structure, called a disk control block, used for administration and control information for the data storage medium. One medium may contain multiple different disk control blocks, each addressing a different function. Each disk control block includes a control block identifier that specifies the function of the disk control block. Each control block also includes a set of standard access control parameters. If a drive encounters an unrecognized disk control block, the drive can still decode the standard control parameters, so that the drive behavior is not inconsistent with the requirements of the unrecognized disk control block. |
142 |
Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data |
US11190556 |
2005-07-27 |
US07236320B2 |
2007-06-26 |
Koichi Sugiyama; Etsurou Sakamoto |
Copying, dubbing or reproducing copyrighted digital data can be inhibited or restricted to properly protect a copyright. AV data recorded on a pre-recorded tape is output from a reproducing unit of a first digital VCR with protective information indicating whether the copy of the AV data is inhibited or not. The protective information is input with the A/V data to a second digital VCR. Copy permission information of a blank tape loaded in the second digital VCR is discriminated and the second digital VCR records the AV data supplied from the first digital VCR based on the protective information and the copy permission information. |
143 |
Information Recording Medium and Reproducing Apparatus Therefor |
US11675241 |
2007-02-15 |
US20070133377A1 |
2007-06-14 |
Tetsuya Kondo |
An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area (102) for recording or reproducing information and a recording area (101) for environmental load information, which is recorded with an environmental load information of the information recording medium. |
144 |
Digital video authenticator |
US10345919 |
2003-01-16 |
US07197143B2 |
2007-03-27 |
Thomas E. Duerr; Nicholas D. Beser; James H. Higbie; Donna C. Paulhamus; Michael A. Karls; Cash J. Costello; George R. Barrett |
The Digital Video Authenticator (DVA) addresses law enforcement concerns for a means to authenticate digital video (DV) so that it will be admissible and trusted as evidence in court. The DVA is a peripheral device attached to a commercial digital video recording device whose purpose is to generate and record authentication data simultaneously as DV is recorded by the video recording device. Verification of the authenticity of a DV sample will be accomplished using non-real-time software tools. The DVA system and method reads digital video (DV) data from a digital video recording device; parses the DV data into elements representing video, audio, control and timing data; and creates digital signatures that can be used to validate the original DV tape. The combination of secure digital signatures and repeatability of the DV data stored on tape provides the basis for proving the original video has not been modified. |
145 |
Information recording medium and reproducing apparatus therefor |
US11187963 |
2005-07-25 |
US07193958B2 |
2007-03-20 |
Tetsuya Kondo |
An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area (102) for recording or reproducing information and a recording area (101) for environmental load information, which is recorded with an environmental load information of the information recording medium. |
146 |
Recording medium with restricted playback feature and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium |
US11488820 |
2006-07-19 |
US20060262712A1 |
2006-11-23 |
Sang Suh; Jin Kim |
A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium, such as BD-ROM, capable of preventing unauthorized duplication of data streams, written thereon, onto another medium, such as a BD-RE or BD-R, which includes physical mark information, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, reproducing, and restricting playback of the recording medium to prevent unauthorized duplication. |
147 |
Write once disc allowing management of data area, method of managing the data area, and apparatus and method for reproducing data from write once disc |
US11431583 |
2006-05-11 |
US20060203637A1 |
2006-09-14 |
Sung-hee Hwang; Jung-wan Ko; Kyung-geun Lee |
A write once disc allowing management of a data area, a method of managing the data area of the write once disc, an apparatus recording data on the write once disc, an apparatus and method of reproducing data from a write once disc. The write once disc, includes a lead-in zone, a data area, and a lead-out zone. The write once disc includes a predetermined area storing area allocation information which indicates whether at least one section of the data area is allocated for disc defect management. In the disc and method, area allocation information specifying a structure of the data area is recorded on the disc, thus allowing a recording/reproducing apparatus to recognize the data area structure. Therefore, allocating areas, such as a spare area, for disc defect management other than an area for storing user data, to the data area is possible. The allocation of the areas for disc defect management to the data area enables effective use of the write once disc. |
148 |
Write once disc allowing management of data area, method of managing the data area, and apparatus and method for reproducing data from write once disc |
US11241984 |
2005-10-04 |
US20060067180A1 |
2006-03-30 |
Sung-hee Hwang; Jung-wan Ko; Kyung-geun Lee |
A write once disc allowing management of a data area, includes a lead-in zone, a data area, and a lead-out zone. The write once disc includes a predetermined area storing area allocation information which indicates whether at least one section of the data area is allocated for disc defect management. In the disc and method, area allocation information specifying a structure of the data area is recorded on the disc, thus allowing a recording/reproducing apparatus to recognize the data area structure. Therefore, allocating areas, such as a spare area, for disc defect management other than an area for storing user data, to the data area is possible. The allocation of the areas for disc defect management to the data area enables effective use of the write once disc. |
149 |
Information carrier, apparatus, substrate, and system |
US11257171 |
2005-10-24 |
US20060048177A1 |
2006-03-02 |
Kars-Michiel Lenssen; Cornelis Hart |
The information carrier (1) contains a storage unit (9), an integrated circuit (10) and a first and a second coupling element (31, 32). Said coupling elements (31, 32) are intermediate in the transfer of data and energy from a base station (50) to the integrated circuit (10) and vice versa. Between the base station (50) and said coupling elements (31, 32) the transfer of data and energy is contactless, and preferably by capacitive coupling. Between at least the first (31) of and preferably both of the coupling elements (31, 32) data and energy are transferred by means of capacitive coupling. The base station (50) is preferably incorporated in an apparatus (40) further containing the reading device (60) of the storage unit (9). To facilitate the capacitive coupling, the base station (50) contains a first and a second capacitor plate (54, 55). The information carrier (1) and the apparatus (40) with the base station (50) containing said capacitor plates (54, 55) together constitute the system, which is suitable for copy protection of the information on the storage unit (9). |
150 |
Information carrier, apparatus, substrate, and system |
US09940044 |
2001-08-27 |
US06986151B2 |
2006-01-10 |
Kars-Michiel Hubert Lenssen; Cornelis Maria Hart |
An information carrier that contains a storage unit, an integrated circuit and a first and a second coupling element. The coupling elements are intermediate in the transfer of data and energy from a base station to the integrated circuit and vice versa. Between the base station and the coupling elements the transfer of data and energy is contactless, and preferably by capacitive coupling. Between at least the first of and preferably both of the coupling elements data and energy are transferred by means of capacitive coupling. The base station is preferably incorporated in an apparatus further containing the reading device of the storage unit. To facilitate the capacitive coupling, the base station contains a first and a second capacitor plate. The information carrier (1) and the apparatus (40) with the base station containing the capacitor plates together constitute the system, which is suitable for any protection of the information on the storage unit. |
151 |
Combination mastered and writeable medium and use in electronic internet appliance |
US09721587 |
2000-11-21 |
US06980652B1 |
2005-12-27 |
Michael F. Braitberg; Steven B. Volk; Daniel R. Zaharris; David H. Davies |
An optical medium uses a single structure or format (such as identical materials, layers and the like) for both a region for holding mastered data and a writeable area. In one aspect, a writeable region of a medium with mastered content is used in connection with paying, collecting or accounting for usage or royalties for proprietary intellectual property embodied in or associated with the content. In one embodiment, the (preferably write-once) writeable area can be used for storing later-written information such as annotations, highlighting, reordering, remixing, modifications, supplements, collections, additions, bookmarks, cross references, hypertext or hyperlinks and the like. Preferably, annotations and similar materials can be associated, by the user, with particular portions or content of the mastered data. |
152 |
Simultaneous video recording processing method of copy-protected contents and video apparatus therefor |
US11142667 |
2005-06-02 |
US20050271365A1 |
2005-12-08 |
Shuichi Hisatomi |
When a single video recorder having a simultaneous video recording function simultaneously records one or more contents on one or more recording media (HDD/optical disc/semiconductor memory), it is checked if one or more contents are copy-protected. If none of these contents are copy-protected (copy free), simultaneous video recording of these contents is executed. However, if one or more contents are copy-once contents, two or more copies of these copy-once contents are inhibited from being simultaneously recorded (irrespective of their identity). |
153 |
Information recording medium and reproducing apparatus therefor |
US11187963 |
2005-07-25 |
US20050254411A1 |
2005-11-17 |
Tetsuya Kondo |
An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area (102) for recording or reproducing information and a recording area (101) for environmental load information, which is recorded with an environmental load information of the information recording medium. |
154 |
Information recording medium, storage medium, information reproduction apparatus and method , and information recording and reproduction apparatus and method as well as providing medium |
US11159775 |
2005-06-23 |
US20050237866A1 |
2005-10-27 |
Yoichiro Sako; Takashi Sato; Shunsuke Furukawa; Kazunobu Saito; Mitsuru Toriyama; Takao Ihashi |
The invention provides an information recording medium, a storage medium, an information reproduction apparatus and method, and an information recording and reproduction apparatus and method as well as a providing medium by which information recorded on an information recording medium can be utilized only by a predetermined apparatus which corresponds to the information recording medium. A ROM has data for identification of a DVD player/recorder stored therein. A recording and reproduction section records data stored in the ROM onto a DVD and reproduces data for identification of the DVD player/recorder recorded on the DVD. A CPU controls the recording and reproduction section in accordance with the data stored in the ROM and the data reproduced by the recording and reproduction section. |
155 |
Information recording medium and reproducing apparatus therefor |
US10457556 |
2003-06-10 |
US06937555B2 |
2005-08-30 |
Tetsuya Kondo |
An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area (102) for recording or reproducing information and a recording area (101) for environmental load information, which is recorded with an environmental load information of the information recording medium. |
156 |
Moving image reproducing apparatus and moving image reproducing method |
US10900243 |
2004-07-27 |
US20050025457A1 |
2005-02-03 |
Naoya Uehigashi |
A moving image reproducing apparatus for reproducing a moving image recorded on an optical disk includes a storage unit which stores a reproduction permissible level set with respect to a parental level and stores a reference level, a moving image reproducing unit which restricts reproduction of the moving image based on the reproduction permissible level, and a control unit which changes the reproduction permissible level. Preferably, when the reproduction permissible level is instructed to change to a level with restriction easier than the reference level and easier than the present reproduction permissible level, or when the reference level is instructed to change, the control unit requests to input a password, and when a particular input is done with respect to a body, the control unit changes the reproduction permissible level to a level with the hardest restriction. |
157 |
Systems and methods for optical media modification |
US10773095 |
2004-02-05 |
US20040223428A1 |
2004-11-11 |
John
J.
Hart
III; Richard
B.
LeVine; Andrew
R.
Lee; Daniel
G.
Howard |
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, may deter or prevent an unauthorized individual from making copies. In addition, methods which generate an intended slow-down in the read process of the media can be used to authenticate the media at run time. This offers significant advantages to content creators who wish to protect their products. |
158 |
System and method for copy protection for digital signals |
US10856172 |
2004-05-27 |
US20040218906A1 |
2004-11-04 |
Jack
Chaney |
Embodiments of the present invention provide for the copy protection of distributed material after conditional access is applied, regardless of where the material is distributed. The solutions described provide the advantage of being sufficiently simple in implementation to qualify as nullcurb highnull solutions. nullCurb highnull solutions provide a range of security from minimal security to a high level of security while requiring relatively fewer system resources to implement than prior approaches. |
159 |
Method and device for mastering a copy-protected optical disc and copy-protected optical disc |
US10476061 |
2003-10-28 |
US20040130997A1 |
2004-07-08 |
Jean-Louis
Duhamel; Laurent
Guenery; Gerard
Godmer; Sylvin
de Magnienville; Francois-Xavier
Pirot |
The invention relates to a process and a device for the mastering of an optical disk protected against copying and such an optical disk. The protected disk is of the type with double spiral, in which there exists a protection zone where a secondary spiral (PB) is nested between the turns of a main spiral (PA), the spacing from one turn of a spiral to the adjacent turn retaining the standard value. To allow undisturbed reading by standard readers, there is provision to effect a shift of k sectors between the sectors with the same address (n) on each of the two spirals. Infill zones (FAcc, FDec) are furthermore provided at the start and at the end of the useful part of the secondary track (PB) so as to avoid the risks of nullholenull or of mutual overwriting of the tracks. The invention applies to optical disks protected against copying and to their manufacture. |
160 |
Digital video authenticator |
US10345919 |
2003-01-16 |
US20040022523A1 |
2004-02-05 |
Thomas
E.
Duerr; Nicholas
D.
Beser; James
H.
Higbie; Donna
C.
Paulhamus; Michael
A.
Karls; Cash
J.
Costello; George
R.
Barrett |
The Digital Video Authenticator (DVA) addresses law enforcement concerns for a means to authenticate digital video (DV) so that it will be admissible and trusted as evidence in court. The DVA is a peripheral device attached to a commercial digital video recording device whose purpose is to generate and record authentication data simultaneously as DV is recorded by the video recording device. Verification of the authenticity of a DV sample will be accomplished using non-real-time software tools. The DVA system and method reads digital video (DV) data from a digital video recording device; parses the DV data into elements representing video, audio, control and timing data; and creates digital signatures that can be used to validate the original DV tape. The combination of secure digital signatures and repeatability of the DV data stored on tape provides the basis for proving the original video has not been modified. |