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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry R Smith, Littleton, CO (US);
Hilary S Lackritz, Half-Moon Bay, CA (US);
Mark McLaughlin, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
J Bradford Merry, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Hide and Seek Technologies L.L.C., Nederland, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3692751 ; 3692752 ; 369100 ; 369 47 ; 369 13 ;
Abstract
Data storage media for use with optical scanning machines are adapted to limit access to information stored thereon. Optical disks are used in an optical readout system of a computer to limit continual access to stored data by the optical readout system. A method is provided for limiting access to data stored in an optical media environment.