Patent ID: 8006313
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of preventing use of an unauthorized copy of a software program residing on an optical medium, the method comprising: providing a protection program built on the Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) layer, the protection program residing on the optical medium with the software program; searching, using the protection program residing on the optical medium, for a file on the optical medium prior to determining a media type of the optical medium, the file containing the software program; determining, using the protection program residing on the optical medium, the media type of the optical medium containing the software program by examining a mode parameter header of the optical medium once the file has been located, the mode parameter header containing a media type code field; and inhibiting, using the protection program residing on the optical medium, execution of the software program stored on the optical medium if: