Patent ID: 6838144

Claim:
An optical media, comprising: a data encoded component, wherein at least a fraction of said data encoded component transforms from a substantiually optically reflective state to a substantially optically non-reflective state as at-least-in-part a function of time from an initializing event, wherein said data encoded component includes a first metal film that includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg and Ag and further comprising a layer of lacquer coupled to said data encoded component and an exterior metal coating with ionic conductivity coupled to said layer of lacquer, said exterior metal coating included at least one element selected from the group consisting of silver, copper and thallium wherein said layer of lacquer includes at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of poly(acrylonitrile), poly(4-vinylpyridine) and poly(1-vinylimidiazole).