Electronic trading card system
First Claim
1. An electronic trading card system for use in a processor, said processor having a memory and an apparatus for reading from a removable storage media, said system comprising:
- means for loading a copy protected form of a control program and subject data into said memory from said removable storage media;
means for maintaining said control program and said subject data in said copy protected form when resident in said memory; and
means for expunging said control program and said subject data from said memory when said control program ceases executing.
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Abstract
Computer implemented trading cards are disclosed. Trading card software is stored on a removable medium in a copy protected form. The trading card software includes trading card data and an executable computer program. Each removable medium contains trading card data that is specific to a particular individual or character or any other person, place, or thing. The trading card software is interactive. The computer user is able to select one of a number of predetermined displays by selecting interactivity areas on each display. A combination of copy protect schemes are utilized, including non-standard data formatting, encryption and sector modification. After use of the computer program is stopped, trading card data transferred to any storage device of the user'"'"'s computer system during operation is then removed to prevent storing of the trading card data on any medium other than the removable medium.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic trading card system for use in a processor, said processor having a memory and an apparatus for reading from a removable storage media, said system comprising:
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means for loading a copy protected form of a control program and subject data into said memory from said removable storage media; means for maintaining said control program and said subject data in said copy protected form when resident in said memory; and means for expunging said control program and said subject data from said memory when said control program ceases executing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic trading card system on a processor, said processor having an apparatus for writing to a removable storage media, said system comprising:
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means for generating a master copy of a control program and subject data in a non-standard file format, wherein said non-standard file format includes altering at least one sector of said master copy of an otherwise standard sector file format for said removable storage media; means for encrypting said master copy having said non-standard file format; means for compressing at least one said master copy onto said removable storage media to provide portability and maintain authenticity of each of said control program and said subject data.
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9. A method for using an electronic trading card system with a processor, said processor having a memory, and an apparatus for reading from a removable storage media, said method comprising the steps of:
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loading a copy protected form of a control program and subject data into said memory from said removable storage media; maintaining said control program and said subject data in said copy protected form when resident in said memory; and expunging said control program and said subject data from said memory when said control program ceases executing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for preparing an electronic trading card system on a processor, said processor having an apparatus for writing to a removable storage media, said system comprising:
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generating a master copy of a control program and subject data in a non-standard file format, wherein said non-standard file format includes altering at least one sector of said master copy of an otherwise standard sector file format for said removable storage media; encrypting said master copy having said non-standard file format; and compressing at least one said master copy onto said removable storage media to provide portability and maintain authenticity of each of said control program and said subject data.
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