Method and apparatus for protecting material on storage media
First Claim
1. A security system for granting user access to digitized materials provided on a storage medium or media, said system comprising:
- a computer system including at least one computer and a display screen,a storage medium subdivided into a plurality of management control, program and user logical zones, each of said logical zones provided with particular material therein, said storage medium directly provided thereon with an access management control means for indicating which of said user logical zone on zones the user will be allowed to access based upon accessing information provided to the system by the user, said access management control means provided in said storage medium at a location remote from, and non-contiguous with, said user logical zones;
a reader or drive for reading the digitized material provided in said plurality of logical zones as well as said access management control means of said storage medium;
a personal accessing device containing a security identification code, to enable said personal accessing device to be in communication with said computer system for transmitting said security identification code to said computer system;
wherein, said security identification code is compared to said access management control means provided on said storage medium to determine the particular user logical zone or zones to which the user is allowed access utilizing said display screen of said computer system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for granting selected access to material such as data and databases, messages and other textual information, graphs, tables, maps, facsimiles (FAX) of all manner of transmitted materials, audio such as speech and music, video, images, and photographs, provided on storage media utilizing information encoded in the storage media. The storage media are included in one or more reading devices associated with a computer. A storage accessing device, such as a smart card, is used in conjuction with the computer to determine whether access to a particular user to specific storage media is granted. The storage media can be sub-divided into a plurality of logical zones and access to all or a portion of the material on the storage media is granted based upon the logical zones to which the user is allowed access. Information provided on the storage media would include an index table listing the security identification code, the logical zones to which a particular user is assigned as well as a personal security key used in conjunction with a personal security key provided in the smart card. The interaction between the user'"'"'s personal accessing device and the index table provided on the storage media determine if access is granted as well as access privileges accorded to the user.
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1. A security system for granting user access to digitized materials provided on a storage medium or media, said system comprising:
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a computer system including at least one computer and a display screen, a storage medium subdivided into a plurality of management control, program and user logical zones, each of said logical zones provided with particular material therein, said storage medium directly provided thereon with an access management control means for indicating which of said user logical zone on zones the user will be allowed to access based upon accessing information provided to the system by the user, said access management control means provided in said storage medium at a location remote from, and non-contiguous with, said user logical zones; a reader or drive for reading the digitized material provided in said plurality of logical zones as well as said access management control means of said storage medium; a personal accessing device containing a security identification code, to enable said personal accessing device to be in communication with said computer system for transmitting said security identification code to said computer system; wherein, said security identification code is compared to said access management control means provided on said storage medium to determine the particular user logical zone or zones to which the user is allowed access utilizing said display screen of said computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A security system for granting user access to non-software programs provided on a storage medium, said system comprising:
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a computer system including at least one computer and a display screen; a storage medium provided with non-software programmed material therein, said storage medium directly provided thereon with an access management control means for indicating whether the user will be allowed access to said storage medium or media accessing information provided to the system by the user, said access management control means provided in said storage medium at a location remote from, and non-contiguous with, said user logical zones; a reader for reading the non-software programmed material provided on said storage media; a personal accessing device containing a security identification code, said personal accessing device in communication with said information processing device for transmitting said security identification code to said computer system; wherein said security identification code is compared to said access management control means provided on said storage medium to be used in the process of determining whether a user will be allowed access to the storage medium utilizing said display screen of said computer system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of granting user access to material provided on a storage medium, adapted to be read by a reader or drive in communication with a computer system including at least one computer, said storage media containing one or a plurality of management information control, program and user logical zones, comprising the steps of:
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assigning security identification codes to all users allowed access to the storage medium or media; preparing an access management control means for indicating to which of said user logical zones a particular user is allowed access corresponding to said security identification codes said access management control means provided in the storage medium at a location remote from, and non-continuous with said user logical zones; recording said access management control means directly on the storage medium or media; presenting a security identification code personalized for each user to the computer system utilizing a personal accessing device; comparing, in the computer system said security identification code to said access management control means containing security identification codes directly recorded on storage medium to determine wherein the accessor is a potential authorized user of the storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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