Patent ID: 6952697

Claim:
A media validation system comprising: a plurality of media storage devices, each of said media storage device structured to contain a quantity of content thereon; a user computer processor assembly, said user computer processor assembly structured to operatively access a select one of said media storage devices; a verification module; a communicative link between said verification module and said user computer processor assembly; each of said media storage devices including a unique unit identifier; said verification module structured to identify said unique unit identifier of said select media storage device; said verification module further structured to receive user information associated with said select media storage device having said unique unit identifier; said verification module structured to maintain said user information in association with said unique unit identifier for said select media storage device; and said verification module also structured to apply a reward credit in association with only a first user whose user information is associated with said unique unit identifier for said select media storage device, said media validation system further comprising supplemental content at least partially as said reward credit, and wherein said supplemental content is maintained at least partially remote from said select media storage device, and said verification module is structured to limit access to said supplemental content unless said select media storage device is validated, said verification module being structured to obtain said user information and said unique unit identifier for said select media storage device in order to validate said select media storage device, said verification module also being structured to validate said select media storage device only in association with said first user, said verification module being further structured to un-validate said select media storage device and thereby limit access to said supplemental content in association with said select media storage device upon a subsequent validation request associated with said select media storage device while said supplemental content is already being accessed in association with said select media storage device.