Patent ID: 9075964
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting a controlled transaction associated with content stored on replicated, read only, optical storage media comprising: electronically identifying content stored on an original physical optical storage medium; electronically determining if an owner or authorized intermediary of the identified content has authorized the content for a transaction; electronically inspecting the physical medium and identified content to confirm it is an original replicated read only optical media product and not a copy; electronically inspecting the original physical medium to detect the presence of transaction flag(s) on the medium; electronically retrieving at least one policy governing the transaction including a pattern of media alterations, the number of media alterations, and location of media alterations to be placed onto the physical medium; if required by the at least one policy, automatically placing medium alterations into specific locations of the original physical medium comprising using an optical disc drive under software control to alter reflectivity of the original physical medium, thereby creating a transaction flag(s) on the original physical medium; automatically, electronically verifying the presence of the transaction flag(s) and confirming that the transaction flag(s) is associated with the original physical medium, and based on electronic verification and confirmation, electronically engaging in a transaction associated with the content stored on the original, replicated, optical media product from the owner of the identified content or the authorized intermediary.