CRYPTOGRAPHIC METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORAGE MEDIA ELECTRONIC RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN CLOSED AND CONNECTED APPLIANCES
First Claim
1. An electronic appliance including:
- a disk use arrangement for at least one of (a) reading information from, and (b) writing information to, a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
a secure node coupled to the disk use arrangement, the secure node providing at least one rights management process.
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Abstract
A rights management arrangement for storage media such as optical digital video disks (DVDs, also called digital versatile disks) provides adequate copy protection in a limited, inexpensive mass-produceable, low-capability platform such as a dedicated home consumer disk player and also provides enhanced, more flexible security techniques and methods when the same media are used with platforms having higher security capabilities. A control object (or set) defines plural rights management rules for instance, price for performance or rules governing redistribution. Low capability platforms may enable only a subset of the control rules such as controls on copying or marking of played material. Higher capability platforms may enable all (or different subsets) of the rules. Cryptographically strong security is provided by encrypting at least some of the information carried by the media and enabling decryption based on the control set and/or other limitations. A secure “software container” can be used to protectively encapsulate (e.g., by cryptographic techniques) various digital property content (e.g., audio, video, game, etc.) and control object (i.e., set of rules) information. A standardized container format is provided for general use on/with various mediums and platforms. In addition, a special purpose container may be provided for DVD medium and appliances (e.g., recorders, players, etc.) that contains DVD program content (digital property) and DVD medium specific rules. The techniques, systems and methods disclosed herein are capable of achieving compatibility with other protection standards, such as for example, CGMA and Matsushita data protection standards adopted for DVDs. Cooperative rights management may also be provided, where plural networked rights management arrangements collectively control a rights management event on one or more of such arrangements.
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119 Claims
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1. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for at least one of (a) reading information from, and (b) writing information to, a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
a secure node coupled to the disk use arrangement, the secure node providing at least one rights management process. - View Dependent Claims (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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2. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for at least one of (a) reading information from, and (b) writing information to, a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
at least one processing arrangement coupled to the disk use arrangement, the processing arrangement selecting at least some control information associated with information recorded on the storage medium based at least in part on the class of the appliance and/or the user of the appliance. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In an appliance capable of using digital versatile disks, a method including the following steps:
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at least one of (a) reading information from, and (b) writing information to, a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
selecting at least some control information associated with information recorded on the storage medium based at least in part on the class of the appliance and/or the user of the appliance. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for reading information from a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
at least one processing arrangement coupled to the disk use arrangement, the processing arrangement protecting information read from the storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. In an electronic appliance, a method including the following steps:
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reading information from a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
protecting the information read from the optical storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for using information stored, or to be stored, on a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
at least one protecting arrangement coupled to the disk use arrangement and also coupled to receive at least one analog signal, the protecting arrangement creating protected digital information based at least in part on the analog signal.
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17. In an electronic appliance, a method including the following steps:
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receiving at least one analog signal; and
creating protected digital content based at least in part on the analog signal for storage on a digital versatile disk.
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18. In an electronic appliance, a method including the following steps:
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reading at least one analog signal from a digital versatile disk;
creating protected digital content based at least in part on the analog signal; and
outputting the protected digital content.
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19. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for using information stored, or to be stored, on a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
at least one rights management arrangement coupled to the disk use arrangement, the rights management arrangement treating the storage medium and/or information obtained from the storage medium differently depending on the geographical and/or jurisdictional context of the appliance.
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20. In an electronic appliance, a method including the steps of:
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reading information from at least one digital versatile disk; and
performing at least one rights management operation based at least in part on the geographical and/or jurisdictional context of the appliance.
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21. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for using at least one secure container stored on a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
at least one rights management arrangement coupled to the disk use arrangement, the rights management arrangement processing the secure container.
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22. In an electronic appliance, a method including the following steps:
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reading at least one secure container from at least one digital versatile disk; and
performing at least one rights management operation on the secure container.
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23. An electronic appliance including:
at least one rights management arrangement for generating and/or modifying at least one secure container for storage onto a digital versatile disk optical storage medium.
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24. In an electronic appliance, a method including the step of performing at least one rights management operation on at least one secure container for storage onto a digital versatile disk optical storage medium.
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25. A digital versatile disk use system and/or method characterized in that the system and/or method uses at least one secure container.
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26. A digital versatile disk use system and/or method characterized in that the system and/or method uses at least one secure container of the type disclosed in PCT Publication No. WO 96/27155.
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27. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for writing information onto and/or reading information from a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
a secure arrangement that securely manages information on the storage medium such that at least a first portion of the information may be used on at least a first class of appliance while at least a second portion of the information may be used on at least a second class of appliance
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28. In an electronic appliance, a method including the following steps:
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reading information from and/or writing information to at least one digital versatile disk optical storage medium;
using at least a first portion of the information on at least a first class of appliance; and
using at least a second portion of the information on at least a second class of appliance.
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- 29. A system including first and second classes of electronic appliances each including a secure processing arrangement, the first appliance class secure arrangement securely managing and/or using at least a first portion of the information, the second appliance class secure arrangement securely managing and/or using at least a second portion of the information.
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32. In a system including first and second classes of electronic appliances each including a secure arrangement, a method comprising:
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(a) securely managing and/or using at least a first portion of the information with the first appliance class secure arrangement, and (b) securely managing and/or using at least a second portion of the information with the second appliance class secure arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for writing information onto and/or reading information from a digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
a secure arrangement that securely stores and/or transmits information associated with at least one of payment, auditing, controlling and/or otherwise managing content recorded on the storage medium.
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36. In an electronic appliance, a method including the following steps:
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reading information from and/or writing information to at least one digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
securely storing and/or transmitting information associated with at least one of payment, auditing, controlling and/or otherwise managing content recorded on the storage medium.
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37. An electronic appliance including:
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a disk use arrangement for writing information onto and/or reading information from a digital versatile disk optical storage medium;
a cryptographic engine coupled to the disk use arrangement, the engine using at least one cryptographic key; and
a secure arrangement that securely updates and/or replaces at least one cryptographic key used by the cryptographic engine to at least in part modify the scope of information usable by the appliance.
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38. A method of operating an electronic appliance including:
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writing information onto and/or reading information from a digital versatile disk optical storage medium;
using at least one cryptographic key in conjunction with said information; and
securely updating and/or replacing at least one cryptographic key used by the cryptographic engine to at least in part modify the scope of information useable by the appliance.
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- 39. A digital versatile disk appliance characterized in that at least one cryptographic key used by the appliance is securely updated and/or replaced to at least in part modify the scope of information that can be used by the appliance.
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41. An electronic appliance having a class associated therewith, characterized in that at least one cryptographic key set used by the appliance class is selected to help ensure security of information released from at least one digital versatile disk.
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42. A digital camera for generating at least one image to be written onto a digital versatile disk optical storage medium, characterized in that the camera includes at least one information protecting arrangement that at least in part protects the image so that the information is persistently protected through subsequent processes such as editing, production, writing onto a digital versatile disk, and/or reading from a digital versatile disk.
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43. A digital camera for generating image information that can be written onto a digital versatile disk optical storage medium, a method comprising:
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capturing at least one image with a digital camera; and
protecting information provided by the digital camera so that the information is selectively persistently protected through subsequent processes such as distribution, editing and/or production, writing onto the digital versatile disk optical storage medium, and/or reading from the digital versatile disk optical storage medium.
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44. In an electronic appliance including a disk use arrangement, a method comprising:
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reading information from at least one digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
persistently protecting at least some of the read information through at least one subsequent editing and/or production process.
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45. In an electronic appliance, a method including the following steps:
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reading information from and/or writing information to at least one digital versatile disk optical storage medium; and
securely managing information on the storage medium, including the step of using at least a first portion of the information on at least a first class of appliance, and using at least a second portion of the information on at least a second class of appliance.
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46. A method of providing copy protection and/or use rights management of at least one digital property content and/or secure container to be stored and/or distributed on a digital versatile disk medium, comprising the step(s) of:
providing a set of use control(s) within a cryptographically encapsulated data structure having a predetermined format, the data structure format defining at least one secure software container for providing use rights information for digital property content to be stored on the digital versatile disk medium. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An arrangement for implementing a rights management system for controlling copy protection, use and/or distribution rights to multi-media digital property content stored or otherwise contained on a digital versatile disk, comprising:
an encrypted data structure defining a secure information container stored on an optical disk medium, the encrypted data structure including and/or referencing at least one content object and at least one control object associated with the content object, said content object comprising digital property content and said control object comprising rules defining use rights to the digital property content. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A rights management system for providing copy protection, use and/or distribution rights management for multimedia digital property content stored or otherwise contained on a digital versatile disk for access by an optical disk player device that uses digital property content stored on said optical disk medium, wherein said appliance includes a microprocessor controller for decrypting and using control rules and other selected encrypted information content encapsulated in the secure container by using a prescribed cryptographic key and applying said decrypted control rules to regulate use in accordance with control information contained within said control rules, so as to facilitate management of a diverse set of use and/or distribution rights which may be specific to different users and/or optical disk appliances, the system including:
an optical disk medium having stored thereon an encrypted data structure defining a secure information container, the encrypted data structure comprising and/or referencing at least one content object and at least one control object, said content object comprising digital property content, said control object comprising rules defining use rights associated with the digital property.
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66. A method for providing copy protection, use and distribution rights management of multi-media digital property stored on and/or distributed via digital versatile disk, said optical disk medium having stored thereon an encrypted data structure defining a secure container for housing rights and/or copy protection information pertaining to digital property content stored on the optical disk, wherein an optical disk player appliance for using digital property content stored on an optical disk must utilize a prescribed secure cryptographic key or set of keys to use the secure container, said data structure comprising one or more content objects comprising digital property content and one or more control objects comprising a set of rules defining use rights to digital property, comprising the steps of:
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(a) decrypting control rules and other selected encrypted information content encapsulated in the secure container using one or more cryptographic keys; and
(b) applying decrypted control rules to regulate use and/or distribution of digital property content stored on the optical disk in accordance with control information contained within the control rules, so as to provide customized use and/or distribution rights that are specific to different optical disk user platforms and/or optical disk appliances.
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67. A rights management system for providing copy protection, use and/or distribution rights management of digital property stored or otherwise contained on a digital versatile disk, comprising:
a secure container means provided on an optical disk medium for cryptographically encapsulating digital property content stored on the optical disk, said container means comprising a content object means for containing digital property content and a control object means for containing control rules for regulating use and/or distribution of said digital property content stored on the optical disk. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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69. In a system including plural electronic appliances at least temporarily connected to one another, a rights authority broker that determines what appliances are connected and specifies at least one rights management context depending on said determination.
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70. An electronic appliance at least temporarily connected to a rights authority broker, the electronic appliance receiving at least one rights context from the rights authority broker when the device is connected to the rights authority broker.
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71. A first electronic appliance at least temporarily connected to a second electronic appliance, the first electronic appliance selecting between at least first and second rights management contexts depending at least in part on whether the first appliance is connected to the second electronic appliance.
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72. In a system including first and second electronic appliances that may be selectively coupled to communicate with one another, an arrangement for defining at least one different rights management control based at least in part on whether the first and second electronic appliances are connected.
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73. A method of defining at least one rights management context comprising:
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(a) determining whether a first electronic appliance is present; and
(b) defining at least one rights management control set based at least in part on the determining step (a).
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74. A method of defining at least one rights management context including:
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(a) coupling an optical disk storing information to an electronic appliance that can be selectively connected to a rights management broker;
(b) determining whether the electronic appliance is currently coupled to a rights management broker; and
(c) conditioning at least one aspect of use of at least some of the information stored on the optical disk based on whether the electronic appliance is coupled to the rights management broker. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76)
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77. A method of defining at least one rights management context including:
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(a) coupling an optical disk storing information to an electronic appliance;
(b) using at least some of the information stored on the optical disk based on a first rights management context;
(c) coupling the electronic appliance to a rights management broker; and
(d) concurrently with step (c), using at least some of the information stored on the optical disk based on a second rights management context different from the first rights management context
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78. An electronic appliance include a secure node and an optical disk reader, the electronic appliance applying different rights management contexts to protected information stored on an optical disk coupled to the optical disk reader depending at least in part on whether the electronic appliance is coupled to at least one additional secure node.
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79. An electronic appliance including:
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an optical disk reading and/or writing arrangement;
a secure node coupled to the optical disk reading and/or writing arrangement, the secure node performing at least one rights management related function with respect to at least some information read by the optical disk reading and/or writing arrangement; and
at least one serial bus port coupled to the secure node, the serial bus port for providing any or all of the functions, structures, protocols and/or methods of IEEE 1394-1995.
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80. A digital versatile disk appliance including:
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means for watermarking content; and
serial bus means for communicating the watermarked content, wherein the serial bus means complies with IEEE 1394-1995.
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81. An optical disk reading and/or writing device including:
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at least one secure node capable of watermarking content and/or processing watermarked content; and
an IEEE 1394-1995 serial bus port.
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82. An optical disk using device comprising:
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a secure processing unit; and
an IEEE 1394-1995 serial bus port. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A rights cooperation method comprising:
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(a) connecting an appliance to at least one further appliance;
(b) determining whether the first and/or further appliance and/or user(s) of said first and/or further appliance have appropriate rights and/or resources for performing an action; and
(c) selectively performing the action based at least in part on the determination.
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88. A rights cooperation method comprising:
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(a) connecting an appliance to at least one further appliance;
(b) determining whether the first and/or further appliance and/or user(s) of said first and/or further appliance have appropriate security for performing an action; and
(c) cooperating between the first and further appliance to selectively perform the action.
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89. A cooperative rights management arrangement comprising:
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a communications arrangement that allows at least first and second appliances to communicate; and
an arrangement that processes at least one event based at least in part on assessing and/or pooling rights and/or resources between the first and second appliances.
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90. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 1A.
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91. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 1B.
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92. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 1C.
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93. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 2A.
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94. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 2B.
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95. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 3.
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96. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 3A.
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97. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the control set elements shown in FIG. 3B.
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98. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 4A.
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99. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 4B.
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100. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 5.
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101. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 6.
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102. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 7.
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103. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 8.
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104. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 9.
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105. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 10.
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106. An optical disk using system and/or method using at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 11.
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107. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 12.
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108. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 13.
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109. An optical disk using system and/or method including at least some of the elements shown in FIG. 14.
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110. A system and/or method including some or all of the elements shown in FIGS. 15A-15C.
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118. In an network including at least one electronic appliance that reads information from and/or writes information to at least one digital versatile disk optical storage medium, and securely communicates information associated with at least one of payment, auditing, usage, access, controlling and/or otherwise managing content recorded on the storage medium, a method of processing said communicated information including the step of generating at least one payment request and/or order based at least in part on the information.
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119. A method of defining at least one control set for storage on a high capacity optical disk that can storage images, audio, text and/or other information, the high capacity optical disk for use by any of plural different electronic appliance types, the method including the step of specifying at least one control that provides different conditions and/or consequences depending upon at least one of the following:
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electronic appliance class;
electronic appliance security;
electronic appliance user class;
electronic appliance connectivity;
electronic appliance resources;
electronic appliance access to resources; and
rights management cooperation between plural electronic appliances.
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