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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Paul J. Lukinich, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul S. Hellyar, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Courage, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jerry Hook, Bothell, WA (US);
Tracy Sharpe, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul J. Lukinich, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul S. Hellyar, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Courage, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jerry Hook, Bothell, WA (US);
Tracy Sharpe, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Redirection of physical media interaction is disclosed. For instance, a read action can be redirected from an optical disc to a secure virtualization module that virtualizes optical discs. The module can take digital packages in one format and present them to optical disc drivers configured to read the content of such packages in a different format. Thus, the module allows for online media content to remain in its native format while being accessible to existing native gaming console resources configured to read content in a different format. In other aspects, the module can perform various security checks on the packages, including hashing the fragments of packages, where such fragments can contain licensing provisions that can be examined by the module. The module itself can be downloaded and installed onto a gaming system or it can be pre-installed.