Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191166 | System and method for securely handling control information Systems and methods that securely handle control information are provided. In one example, a system may include an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC may include, for example, a content processing block and a control processing block. The conte... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185965 | System and method for enhanced piracy protection in a wireless personal communication device A key-sharing scheme is used to control distribution and use of video and audio content in personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other wireless devices. A private key is split into key-shares using a Blakley-Shamir key splitting technique and the key-shares are dis... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181265 | Secure machine counting A method and computer-readable medium for deterring software piracy in a volume license environment. An activation bypass message is generated and sent. Information contained in the activation bypass message is compared to a list of machine identifiers. A binding se... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181266 | Method for moving a rights object between devices and a method and device for using a content object based on the moving method and device A method for moving a rights object (RO) between devices, a method of using a content object based on the moving method, and devices using the methods are provided. The moving method includes performing authentication between two devices; securing a connection betwe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166566 | Controlling the downloading and recording of digital data A method and apparatus for enabling a licensed end user to record digital data as described is particularly useful to the music industry as it enables them to make audio data available over the internet but to retain control of the uses to which that audio data can ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161566 | Transmission/reception system, recording apparatus and method, providing apparatus and method, and program A transmission/reception system includes a providing apparatus and a recording apparatus. The providing apparatus has a generating section which generates restrictive information for each piece of content to be broadcast, and a providing section which provides the r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156567 | Software installation system and method for copy protection The present invention relates to a software installation system and a method for copy protection. The software installation system includes a support server in which first installation data for installing software is stored; a recording medium in which an RFID tag s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151366 | Secure optical media storage An optical recording medium is provided for distributing content through a portable medium which can be transported by hand from one media player to another media player. The optical recording medium includes a read-only zone and a writable area. Copy control inform... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8132266 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying and enforcing software feature limits across different hardware platforms, software releases, and tiers Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying and enforcing software feature limits across different hardware platforms, software releases, and tiers are disclosed. According to one method, a feature limit data structure is stored on the hardware p... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8087091 | Method and system for preventing unauthorized reproduction of electronic media A method for selectively controlling access to electronic media disposed on a media storage device according to one embodiment is described. The method comprises creating a first list comprising a plurality of process identification values. Each of the plurality of ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8020214 | Transmitter, receiver, and content transmitting and receiving method According to one embodiment, a transmitter is configured to transmit content to a receiver. Available dubbing count is set in advance for the content such that the content can be dubbed a plurality of times. The transmitter includes a key exchanger, an encryption pr... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011015 | Content access in a media network environment Methods and apparatus for managing devices and content in a network environment. In one implementation, a method of presenting content data includes: receiving at a client in a hub network a present request indicating locked content data; checking a license correspo... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7992216 | Message service indication system and method Systems and methods for displaying messages to a user, the messages having different levels of security, are provided herein. One method of displaying to a user messages having different levels of security includes receiving a message over a network includes examini... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984515 | Software license enforcement by runtime feature enablement A storage area network (SAN) license validator manages data collection policies (DCPs) in deployed SAN agents by identifying data collection policies corresponding to unlicensed features, and disabling the DCPs for the unlicensed features. Thus, the agents need not ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7971265 | Content management system A content management system constructed by a plurality of storage apparatuses that can communicate with one another. A 1st storage apparatus, which is one of the storage apparatuses, stores therein, in correspondence, a content and copy destination information and s... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7930765 | Control of consumption of media objects A method and mechanism controls consumption of media objects in a communication terminal, especially in a mobile terminal. A media object, such as a game, and an associated rights object are stored in a communication terminal. The rights object defines usage rules f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917965 | Electronic media distribution system A system and method for sharing electronic content. A sending user can specify one or more criteria that a recipient memory device must have to store the content. The sending user can also specify a digital rights management control that can be associated with the c... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7886365 | Content-log analyzing system and data-communication controlling device In a content-log analyzing system, content includes additional information indicating, according to a property of the content, whether or not to record communication of the content in a content-log. When transmitting content to a TV or a PC, a data-communication con... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7836515 | System and method for enhanced piracy protection in a wireless personal communication device A key-sharing scheme is used to control distribution and use of video and audio content in personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other wireless devices. A private key is split into key-shares using a Blakley-Shamir key splitting technique and the key-shares are dis... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823213 | Recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, data processing apparatus, recording and reproduction apparatus and data transmission apparatus and corresponding methods An encryptor is provided for encrypting AV data sent from an interface. A controller controls recording of the encrypted AV data by controlling a recorder for recording the encrypted AV data in a magnetic disk. The recorder is controlled by the controller so as to r... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814563 | Recording/playback system for medium compliant to copy control By introducing a new copy control system into video signals subjected to picture quality restriction satisfactory only in small-sized PMP displays, a new business model in which copyrighters, consumers and makers can have mutual prosperity is created. “A new copy ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814562 | Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, control program, and storage medium In an information processing apparatus which is equipped with plural storage devices, there are provided a security information comparison unit for, in a case where data is moved from a movement source storage device to a movement destination storage device, compari... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802312 | Method of recording and/or reproducing data under control of domain management system Provided are a method of recording/reproducing data under control of a domain management system. The method includes extracting, from the write command, domain management information regarding the predetermined domain and contents, and copy control information speci... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7802311 | Recording apparatus, recording method, recording medium and program A recording apparatus which executes copy control utilizing copy control information which is indicative of plural types of copy control includes an electronic watermark detection device, which detects a predetermined copy control information portion of the copy con... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797756 | System and methods for managing software licenses in a variable entitlement computer system Systems and methods are disclosed in which the software license for server partitions are flexible in that, as between two (or more, if desired) partitions the software licensed resources assigned to one partition can be used by the other partitions, providing a tot... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7757300 | Digital information recording and reproducing method and apparatus therefor A method is disclosed wherein a first piece of digital information and copy control information of the first piece of digital information is received. The copy control information is for controlling the recording of the first piece of digital information on a record... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748048 | Storage medium, method of producing transfer file data, and data signal A transfer file stored in a game cartridge has a transfer file nested structure in which a transfer file in which a game program is converted into a transfer file is further converted into a transfer file. Specifically, the game program is converted into a transfer ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7748049 | Secure storage device for transfer of digital camera data A secure storage device for securing digital camera data at the acquisition stage. Original digital camera data is saved in the memory of the secure storage device which has the capability of performing one or more security functions, including encryption, creation ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7703146 | Dynamic copy protection of optical media A method for copy protection includes receiving data in a recording module representing content to be recorded on a recording medium, the data including an indication that the content is to be protected from unauthorized copying. Responsive to the indication, the re... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7685647 | Information processing apparatus The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium for sending and receiving data in a manner enhancing security. A host and a drive unit are interconnected by a suitable bus and ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7640596 | Mobile device for preventing illegal distribution of digital data contents and operating method thereof A method, apparatus and computer programs for preventing illegal distribution of digital content data, are discussed. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a controller configured to control the apparatus to: store at least first and second program code segments;... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7603722 | Scheduled-recording method that schedules recording of copy-protected content A scheduled recording method, which schedules recording of copy-protected content, is provided. The scheduled recording method involves determining whether copy control information of content of interest exists in a recording device storing various copy control info... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7600266 | Optical jukebox with copy protection caching and methods of caching copy protected data A copy protection comprehending cache catalog with a media jukebox tracks not only the titles of the media themselves, but also the number of copies of each media title, and the copy protection status of each media. When a particular media is not limited to a set nu... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7578000 | Rendering device, recording device, copy control method, and program A rendering device to render a contents data comprises a reader, an information acquisition unit and a controller. The reader reads the contents data. The information acquisition unit acquires a copy control information. The controller controls rendering of the cont... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7578001 | Information recording and reproducing apparatus, information recording and reproducing method and information recording and reproducing program Even if copy control information in contents is Never Copy (CCI=11) and the like, a recording apparatus which is not in conformity with a copy protection system (CPS) changes the copy control information to Copy Free (CCI=00) and records the contents. A recording an... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7536727 | Content management method, recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and recording medium In a content management method, content data is encrypted by a first key, the first key is encrypted by plural types of second keys, the encrypted first key is multiply encrypted by a third key, and the third key is encrypted by a fourth key. These encrypted content... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7530116 | Controlling the downloading and recording of digital data A method and apparatus for enabling a licensed end user to record digital data as described is particularly useful to the music industry as it enables them to make audio data available over the internet but to retain control of the uses to which that audio data can ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7530117 | Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of software A server transmits, to clients, display data for displaying a plurality of input areas for pieces of identification information which identify apparatuses in which software is to be installed. The server receives the plurality of pieces of identification information... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7500271 | Reproducing apparatus and information distribution system An object of the invention is to make it possible to move data that is coded and managed for copyright protection after evaluating an encryption key and permitting its movement based on a result of the evaluation, as well as to make it possible to copy data that is ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7487552 | Method and apparatus for ciphering playback mode information for recording on record medium A signal transmission method applicable to prevention of modification or alteration of the playback mode information, such as copying management information or charging information. The playback mode information form a terminal is data-converted for ciphering by a p... | 02/03/2009 |
