Patent ID: 7680277

Claim:
An optical data storage medium comprising: a memory; one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory and disposed within one or more devices; optically-readable material suitable for storing data therein; stored within said optically-readable material, instructional data for an optical media content protection scheme, said instructional data being configured to cause logic associated with an optical media receiving device to operatively perform in accordance with said optical media content protection scheme when programmed using said instructional data and accessing associated content data stored on said optical data storage medium, at least one optically-detectable authentication component, wherein said at least one optically-detectable authentication component includes a plurality of optically-detectable authentication components forming a substantially unique pattern using at least one optically detectable material, wherein said optically detectable material includes at least one material selected from a group of optically detectable materials comprising an opaque material, a partially opaque material, a polymer-based material, and an epoxy-based material, wherein said at least one optically-detectable authentication component forms an optically-detectable certificate of authentication (COA); stored within said optically-readable material, COA information data, said COA information data including at least one type of data associated with said COA selected from a group of COA information data comprising raw optically-detected COA data, COA related plaintext data, and COA related signature data; and at least one top surface material, wherein said at least one optically-detectable authentication component is formed on said top surface material.