Method and system for generating sales of compact discs from a predetermined origin

• US 6,587,639 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2001
• Issued: 07/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc (KPP (no. 2) Trustees Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Stephany, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Boccio, Vincent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fletcher, James A.
• Application Number:
  US09/821,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20020172506A1
• Time in Patent Office: 824 Days
• Field of Search: H04/N.591, 705/1, 386/125, 386/95, 386/126, 360/60
• US Class Current: 386/248
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/122 involving the detection of an identification or authentication mark record carriers indicating unauthorised or prior use G11B23/28
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/02 with automatic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for generating sales of compact discs from a predetermined origin, the method comprises the steps of programming a compact disc writer to write only to compact discs containing a predetermined code; encoding a compact disc with a predetermined digital code; searching for a digital code on a compact disc via the programmed compact disc writer; and if the code is located, transferring data from memory captured by another device to the encoded compact disc.

Claims

1. A method for generating sales of compact discs from a predetermined origin, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) programming a compact disc writer to write only to compact discs containing an enabling code which enables the compact disc writer to write to only compact discs having a predetermined digital code;

(b) encoding a compact disc with the predetermined digital code;

(c) searching for the predetermined digital code on a compact disc via the programmed compact disc writer; and

(d) if the predetermined digital code is located, transferring images from memory which images have been captured by another device to the encoded compact disc by the writer which is enabled to write by detecting the digital code.

2. The method as in claim 1, wherein step (d) includes transferring images captured by a digital camera.

3. A system for generating sales of compact discs from a predetermined origin, the system comprising:

(a) a compact disc writer programmed to write only to compact discs containing a code which enables the compact disc writer to write to only compact discs having a predetermined digital code and programmed to search for a digital code on a compact disc;

(b) a compact disc encoded with the digital code; and

(c) if the digital code is located, a writer which writes images from memory captured by another device to the encoded compact disc by the writer which is enabled to write by detecting the digital code.

4. The system as in claim 3 further comprising a digital camera for capturing images which are stored on the memory.