Method and apparatus for preventing the reading of an optical disc

A method of determining a virtual disc status of an optical disc drive, the method comprising:

• verifying whether an optical disc drive is set in a virtual disc status in which the optical disc drive is prevented from detecting a presence of an optical disc, in response to power being supplied from a user terminal;
• determining whether to perform a detection process of an optical disc, based on whether the optical disc drive is set to the virtual disc status;
• and
• in response to the optical disc drive not being set to the virtual disc status, and in response to receiving a setting request associated with a virtual disc status of the optical disc drive from the user terminal, providing a result of the detection process of the optical disc to the user terminal.

A method of a user terminal for processing a virtual disc status of an optical disc drive, the method comprising:

• reading content of an optical disc in response to the optical disc being present in the optical disc drive that is electrically connected to the user terminal;
• and
• transferring a setting request to the optical disc drive to set the optical disc drive to the virtual disc status to prevent the optical disc drive from subsequently detecting the presence of the optical disc, wherein
• the user terminal is configured to transfer the setting request to the optical disc drive based on an input of the setting request from a user via an application executed by the user terminal, or by the setting request being generated automatically based on a processing pattern associated with a processing time and/or a processing period of the optical disc drive.

A method of a user terminal for processing a virtual disc status of an optical disc drive, the method comprising:

• receiving an input of the optical disc drive that is set to a virtual disc status in which a detection of an optical disc is prevented;
• and
• transferring a cancellation request to the optical disc drive to cancel the virtual disc status of the optical disc drive,
• wherein the user terminal is configured to transfer the cancellation to the optical disc drive based on receiving an input of the cancellation request from a user via an application executed by the user terminal, or by detecting a pressing of an eject button of the optical disc drive.

An optical disc drive, comprising:

• a detection process performer configured to inform a user terminal whether an optical disc is present in the optical disc drive by performing a detection process of the optical disc;
• a status receiver configured to receive a setting request associated with a virtual disc status of the optical disc drive from the user terminal;
• and
• a status setter configured to set the optical disc drive to the virtual disc status in which the detection processor performer is prevented from performing the detection process of the optical disc, and to store the virtual disc status based on the setting request.

An optical disc drive, comprising:

• a status informer configured to inform a user terminal of whether the optical disc drive is set to a virtual disc status in which the optical disc drive is prevented from detecting a presence of an optical disc;
• a cancellation unit configured to cancel the virtual disc status based on a cancellation request that is received from a user terminal;
• and
• a detection process performer configured to perform a detection process of the optical disc in response to the cancellation request.