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Tiris based bios for protection of “copyrighted” program material

  • US 6,198,875 B1
  • Filed: 12/19/1997
  • Issued: 03/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of insuring only copyrighted material is playable or usable in any digital media system comprising the steps of:

  • integrating a radio-frequency interrogator with a media player, having I/O ports, for transmitting an interrogation signal to a transponder and for receiving a transponder response signal in response;

    attaching a transponder to a predetermined media element wherein said media element has a digital media content stream and wherein said transponder transmits a transponder response signal comprising decryption algorithms in response to receipt of said interrogation signal;

    receiving a transponder response signal and providing said decryption algorithms to a processor;

    configuring said processor according to said decryption algorithms in order to process said digital media content stream.

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