Patent ID: 6035329
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L

Abstract:
A method of playing back a large storage-capacity ROM-disk, comprising:(a) reading a ROM-disk via a player apparatus, and differentiating between a ROM-disk encoded to prevent playback thereof without enabling data, and a ROM-disk not encoded to prevent playback without enabling data;(b) playing the ROM-disk if it is not encoded to prevent playback without enabling data;(c) generating an enabling-data request to a service-provider to allow playback of the ROM-disk when said ROM-disk is encoded to prevent playback without enabling data;(d) receiving the enabling data from the service provider; and(e) enabling the playback of the ROM-disk with code to prevent playback by the player apparatus in response to said step (d);(f) said step (c) comprises inserting at least a smart card or ATM card into a remote-reading apparatus;(g) said step (d) comprising downloading the enabling data from a service-provider to the card via the remote-reading apparatus.