Protection of optically encoded content using one or more rfid tags embedded within one or more optical medias
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorCHRISTOPHER K. KARSTENS
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a solution for protection of optically encoded content using one or more Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags embedded within one or more optical medias. The solution can include an RFID tag embedded within an optical media that can manage the use of the optically encoded content on the optical media. Protection can include access control of optically encoded media by an optical media drive, progressive content based protection, selective content access and the like. In one embodiment the embedded RFID tag can act independently or in concert with hardware/software security mechanisms associated with an optical media drive to provide security.
Claims20
A secure optical media comprising:
- optically encoded content contained within one or more secure optical medias;
- and
- at least one Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag embedded into at least one of the secure optical medias comprising tag encoded content, wherein at least a portion of the optically encoded content is secured by the tag encoded content.
An optical media drive comprising:
- an optical reader configured to read optically encoded content stored in optical media;
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- a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader configured to read tag encoded content stored in at least one RFID tag embedded in optical media, wherein at least a portion of the optically encoded content is secured by the tag encoded content.
A method for securing optical media comprising:
- identifying an optical media comprising at least one embedded RFID tag;
- reading tag encoded content from the embedded RFID tag;
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- processing the tag encoded content to selectively unlock otherwise secured optically encoded content of a secure optical media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.