Video storage medium having read-only and writeable portions
OwnerPierre Costainventor
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Abstract
A storage medium having a read-only portion and a read-writeable portion is provided at a retail store. Stored on the read-only portion is content for a plurality of different versions of a motion picture. After a customer has selected the storage medium at the retail store, data is stored to the read-writeable portion of the storage medium at the retail store to select one of the different versions of the motion picture for playback by the customer. A transaction is performed which permits the storage medium to be removed from the retail store for playback of the version of the motion picture by the customer.
Claims34
A method comprising:
- providing at a retail store a first storage medium having a read-only portion and a writeable portion, the read-only portion having stored thereon content for a plurality of different versions of a first motion picture;
- after a first customer has selected the first storage medium at the retail store, storing data to the writeable portion of the first storage medium to select a first version of the plurality of different versions of the first motion picture for playback by the first customer, said storing the data performed at the retail store;
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- performing a transaction which permits the first storage medium to be removed from the retail store for playback of the first version of the first motion picture by the first customer.
A method comprising:
- providing at a retail store a first optical disk having a read-only portion and a writeable portion, the read-only portion having stored thereon content for a plurality of differently-rated versions of a first motion picture, wherein the first optical disk is provided within a container, wherein at least one of the first optical disk and the container visually indicates a title of the first motion picture;
- after a first customer has selected the first optical disk at the retail store, storing a first play list to the writeable portion of the first optical disk to select a first version of the plurality of different versions of the first motion picture for playback by the first customer, said storing the first play list performed at the retail store;
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- performing a transaction which permits the first optical disk to be removed from the retail store for playback of the first version of the first motion picture by the first customer.
An article comprising:
- a storage medium having a read-only portion and a writeable portion, the read-only portion having stored thereon content for a plurality of different versions of a motion picture.
An article comprising:
- an optical disk having a plurality of tracks including a plurality of read-only tracks and a single track having a re-writeable part and a read-only part, the read-only tracks and the read-only part of the single track having stored thereon content for a plurality of different versions of a motion picture, the re-writeable part of the single track to store a play list written thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.