Patent ID: 7028011
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hybrid optical recording disc with copy protection for use in a computer, the disc having a substrate and a recording layer disposed over the substrate, the substrate having a mastered read-only memory (ROM) area and which includes addressing tracks dedicated to contain disc addressing data which govern read and record processes to and from a computer, and program tracks dedicated to contain computer software programs, and the substrate having a recordable area for recording therein data generated by a computer user and for reading such recorded data from the recordable area to a computer, comprising: a) the addressing tracks of the ROM area include at least one disc identifier sub-code track containing disc identifier data embedded therein such that the disc identifier data will authenticate the installed disc addressing data and computer software programs for operation in the computer from the hybrid optical recording disc but will not be transferred, thereby providing protection against copying the disc; b) the program tracks of the ROM area include at least one program identifier track containing program identifier data embedded therein which identify the computer software programs; and c) the recordable area includes at least one software identifier track containing software identifier data recorded therein of the computer software programs which are included in the program tracks of the ROM area of the hybrid optical recording disc.