Patent ID: 7870385

Claim:
A method for controlling presentation of a computer readable media of a media storage device, said method comprising: verifying the presence of a media presentation mechanism and a usage compliance mechanism on a computer system, said usage compliance mechanism comprising a file system filter driver for controlling data reads associated with said computer readable media, said media presentation mechanism communicatively coupled with said usage compliance mechanism, said verifying further comprising: installing said usage compliance mechanism on said computer system when said usage compliance mechanism is not present on said computer system; and installing said media presentation mechanism on said computer system when said media presentation mechanism is not present on said computer system, wherein said installing comprises: using an autorun mechanism disposed on said media storage device in a clandestine manner to initiate said installing of said usage compliance mechanism on said computer system in response to said computer system receiving said media storage device; and using said autorun mechanism in a clandestine manner to initiate said installing of said media presentation mechanism on said computer system in response to said computer system receiving said media storage device; performing a first decryption of said computer readable media with said file system driver; and performing a second decryption of said computer readable media and presenting said computer readable media with said media presentation mechanism, said second decryption different from and unrelated to said first decryption.