DVD business system
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1. A method for selling DVD discs by utilizing an updating service comprising:
- providing a blank DVD disk, impressing the disk with at least one visual and auditory program, encoding the disk with an encryption code, encoding the disk with a software updating program(s), encoding the disk within an erase program that prohibits reproduction of any portion of the visual and auditory program and causes the disk to be erased if attempts to clone the disk are attempted, providing at least one website accessible to the disk, providing the website with a menu of updated visual and auditory material for the DVD disk, and activating the disk update program to allow for updating at least in part the visual and auditory program from a selected item on the menu on the website upon connection to the website to the disk when a disk with a proper encryption code is recognized by the website, the updating of the disk also replacing the encryption code with a new encryption code.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a secure non-cloning DVD system which provides special benefits so as to entice consumers to purchase one producer'"'"'s DVD disk over other DVD disks. Among the special features are the ability for a disk user to contact a special website to receive up-dates to the disk, and/or information about data on the disk, and/or information about related disks, and/or the ability to order and pay for material provided by the DVD disk encoder, etc.
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1. A method for selling DVD discs by utilizing an updating service comprising:
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providing a blank DVD disk, impressing the disk with at least one visual and auditory program, encoding the disk with an encryption code, encoding the disk with a software updating program(s), encoding the disk within an erase program that prohibits reproduction of any portion of the visual and auditory program and causes the disk to be erased if attempts to clone the disk are attempted, providing at least one website accessible to the disk, providing the website with a menu of updated visual and auditory material for the DVD disk, and activating the disk update program to allow for updating at least in part the visual and auditory program from a selected item on the menu on the website upon connection to the website to the disk when a disk with a proper encryption code is recognized by the website, the updating of the disk also replacing the encryption code with a new encryption code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A DVD disk containing
a visual program; -
an audio program;
an encryption code area for reception of an encryption code;
a security program that prohibits reproduction of any portion of the visual and audio programs;
an erase program to erase the visual and audio programs; and
a program that allows updating of any one of the disk'"'"'s visual program, audio program and encryption code from a remote site when a disk with a proper encryption code is used. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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