Protection against unauthorized use of software recorded on recording medium
First Claim
1. A system for permitting execution of a recorded program only from an authorized recording medium, comprising:
- a recording medium including a first recording area in which data including a program are recorded and further including a second recording area at a specific position thereof, said second recording area comprising a geometrically embossed read-only-memory (ROM) area in which data including a specific identification code are geometrically embossed so as not to be rewritable by a user;
said recording medium further including a predetermined identification code recorded thereon; and
control means for executing said program recorded in said first recording area of said recording medium,said control means reading out said specific identification code geometrically embossed in said ROM area and said predetermined identification code recorded on said recording medium,
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Abstract
A system for protecting an unauthorized use of a recorded content. The system uses a recording medium including a first recording area in which data including a program are recorded and further including a second recording area which is formed at a specific position thereof and in which data including a specific identification code are recorded so as not to be rewritable by a user. The recording medium is coupled through a recording/reproduction device to a control unit for executing the program recorded in the first recording area of the recording medium. The control unit reads out the identification code recorded in the second recording area and stops the execution of the program when the read-out identification code is not coincident with a predetermined ID code.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for permitting execution of a recorded program only from an authorized recording medium, comprising:
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a recording medium including a first recording area in which data including a program are recorded and further including a second recording area at a specific position thereof, said second recording area comprising a geometrically embossed read-only-memory (ROM) area in which data including a specific identification code are geometrically embossed so as not to be rewritable by a user; said recording medium further including a predetermined identification code recorded thereon; and control means for executing said program recorded in said first recording area of said recording medium, said control means reading out said specific identification code geometrically embossed in said ROM area and said predetermined identification code recorded on said recording medium, - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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2. said control means stopping the execution of said program when the specific identification code read out from said rom area does not correspond to said predetermined identification (ID) code read out from said recording medium,
thereby executing said program only from an authorized recording medium including a specific identification code in said ROM area thereof corresponding to said predetermined identification code recorded thereon.
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4. A system preventing execution of a recorded program from an unauthorized recording medium, comprising:
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a recording medium including;
a first recording area in which are recorded data including a program and a predetermined identification code; and
a second recording area at a predetermined location thereof, said second recording area comprising a read-only-memory (ROM) area in which non-rewritable data including a specific identification code are permanently written; andcontrol means for executing said program recorded in said first recording area of said recording medium, said control means reading out said specific identification code permanently written in the second recording area and stopping the execution of said program when the specific identification code read out from said second recording area does not correspond to said predetermined identification code recorded in said first recording area of said recording medium, said control means including; means for comparing said predetermined identification code recorded in said first recording area with said specific identification code permanently written in said ROM area of said recording medium, and means for executing said program recorded in said first recording area only when said means for comparing provides an indication indicative of a correspondence between said specific identification code recorded in said ROM area of said recording medium and said predetermined identification code recorded in said first recording area of said recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (6, 8)
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11. In a system for preventing an unauthorized execution of a program recorded on a recording medium, including a recording/reproducing means for recording data on and reproducing data from one or more recording media and a control means for determining whether a particular recording medium being read by said recording/reproducing means is authorized for execution of a predetermined program recorded thereon, said recording medium further including a predetermined identification code recorded thereon, the improvement wherein
each recording medium comprises a non-rewritable read-on-memory (ROM) area including a specific identification code permanently written therein; -
said control means is connected to receive from said recording/reproducing means data read from said ROM area of said particular recording medium being read and said predetermined identification code recorded on said recording medium; said recording/reproducing means is connected to provide to said control means the specific identification code permanently written in said ROM area of, and said predetermined identification code recorded on, the particular recording medium being read, said control means operating to compare said specific identification code with said predetermined identification code and to prevent execution of the program recorded on said particular recording medium including said non-rewritable ROM area when said specific identification code does not correspond to said predetermined identification code. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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