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US 2001/0020295 A1Published application
Optical recording medium
OwnerHirotsugu Satohinventor
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The present invention relates to an optical recording medium that can prevent illegal use of software, and also can simplify an updating process of the software. This optical recording medium for distributing the software is recordable, and stores a transmission program and a software update program. This optical recording medium is read by a computer so as to start the transmission program and the software update program. By doing so, the inherent ID information allocated only to the optical recording medium can be automatically transmitted to the software distributor. Based on an authentication judgment result of the inherent ID information, the software stored on the optical recording medium itself can be automatically rewritten and updated by update software transmitted from the software distributor. Thus, the software stored on the distributed optical recording medium can be automatically updated to the latest version.
An optical recording medium that is computer-readable and -writable, which medium stores software to be distributed, non-rewritable inherent ID information, and a transmission program for transmitting the inherent ID information to a software distributor via a communication device.
An optical recording medium that is computer-readable and -writable, which medium stores software to be distributed, non-rewritable inherent ID information, and a software updating program for rewriting and updating the software in accordance with update software transmitted from a software distributor via a communication device based on an authentication judgment result of the inherent ID information.
An optical recording medium that is computer-readable and -writable, which medium stores software to be distributed, non-rewritable inherent ID information, a transmission program for transmitting the inherent ID information to a software distributor via a communication device, and a software updating program of rewriting and updating the software in accordance with update software transmitted from the software distributor via the communication device based on an authentication judgment result of the inherent ID information.
A method of updating software distributed and stored in a computer-readable and -writable optical recording medium, said method comprising the steps of:
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