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8159925 Limited use memory device with associated information  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, methods of retrieving information from a...
8130628 Manufacturing method for optical recording medium, optical recording medium, optical information device, and information reproducing method  
Shape-wise thicknesses tr1, tr2, . . . , and trN of a cover layer and first through (N−1)-th intermediate layers of an optical recording medium having refractive indexes nr1, nr2, . . . , and nrN a...
8121016 Rotation responsive disk activation and deactivation mechanisms  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, fluid-mediated modification of information...
8098565 Disc apparatus with holder for holding discs  
A disc apparatus includes a player and a holder. The player is configured for reading an optical disc, the player comprising a first latching portion. The holder is configured for holding extra...
8089839 Method and system for fluid mediated disk activation and deactivation  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, fluid-mediated modification of information...
8085647 Optical recording/reproducing apparatus having label printer and method for printing labels on optical disk  
An optical recording/reproducing apparatus having a label printer for printing labels on an optical disk and a method for printing labels on an optical disk. The optical recording/reproducing...
7916615 Method and system for rotational control of data storage devices  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, fluid-mediated modification of information...
7916592 Fluid mediated disk activation and deactivation mechanisms  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, fluid-mediated modification of information...
7869338 Position detection device, position detection method, position detection control device, position detection control method, position detection control program, access authentication device, access authentication method, access authentication control device, access authentication control method, access authentication control program, information storage device, and optical disk  
A position detection device, a position detection method, a position detection control device, a position detection control method, a position detection control program, an access authentication...
7830770 Techniques for storing and retrieving data using a sphere-shaped data storage structure  
An optical storage system includes a frame (e.g., a rack-mount drawer), an environmental assembly (e.g., a power and cooling subsystem) supported by the frame, and a set of optical storage devices...
7830777 System and method for selectively enabling or disabling an optical device using optical blocking material on an energy masked area of the optical device  
A system for selectively enabling or disabling an optical device, such as an optical disc, includes an optical blocking material bonded or otherwise integrated into the optical device. In a...
7802274 Optical data storage article having a physical surface modification as an anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same  
An optical data storage article is configured to transform from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality. The optical data storage article includes a physical...
7756400 Optically writing image data files and thumbnail images corresponding thereto to optical disc  
A method of an embodiment of the invention optically writes a plurality of image data files on an optically writable data side of an optical disc. The method optically marks a plurality of...
7748012 Method of manufacturing a limited use data storing device  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, methods of retrieving information from a...
7728865 Beam imprinting disk  
A beam imprinting disk which is provided with a supporting layer, a photosensitive printing layer is formed on the supporting layer, and a paint printing layer is formed on the photosensitive...
7710852 Optical disc  
An optical disc according to the present invention includes a plurality of recording layers; a receiving section for receiving, from outside an optical disc, a switching instruction for switching a...
7710684 Library apparatus with cartridge type sensor  
A library apparatus includes a cartridge type sensor and a robot. The cartridge type sensor includes a cartridge having the same shape as that of each recording medium stored in a cell, an optical...
7668068 Rotation responsive disk activation and deactivation mechanisms  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, fluid-mediated modification of information...
7668069 Limited use memory device with associated information  
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, methods of retrieving information from a...
RE41041 Mark forming apparatus, method of forming laser mark on optical disk, reproducing apparatus, optical disk and method of producing optical disk  
An object of the present invention is to provide a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, a reproduction apparatus, an optical disk, and a method of...
7619949 Apparatus, system, and method for a secondary optical memory in a removable media cartridge  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a data storage apparatus with a secondary optical memory. The data storage apparatus includes a data storage cartridge, a primary data storage...
7564757 Optical disk recording apparatus  
The optical disk recording apparatus includes: a strategy circuit for converting recording data into a pulse train signal for defining an irradiation timing of laser light by using one of first and...
7457227 Optical disc  
An optical disc includes a base having a signal reading surface at a first surface; a reflective layer provided on the signal reading surface of the base; a cover layer provided on the reflective...
7443299 Extended range RFID system  
A radio frequency identification (RFID) system for discs such as CDs, DVDs or minidiscs includes a special RFID transponder and antenna configuration. The discs normally include an outer metallized...
7411893 Secure optical information disc  
A secure optical data disc comprising an electronic article surveillance tag embedded within a layered disc structure comprising first and second substrates is disclosed. The tag is placed within a...
7370367 Security device and article incorporating same  
A compact disc (10) for a computer incorporates a security device for preventing non-authorized reading of data carried by the disc. The security device includes an LCD laser blocker (16) which is...
7292147 Optical disk and method of integrating a high gain RFID antenna  
An optical disk comprises a disk substrate having a hub and an annular optical metallicized data region extending radially outward from the hub. The optical disk further comprises a radio frequency...
7286061 Method and apparatus for activating optical media  
A method and apparatus for activating an optical media device with a conditional access mechanism is presented. The optical media device is configured with a conditional access system such as an...
7272511 Molecular memory obtained using DNA strand molecular switches and carbon nanotubes, and method for manufacturing the same  
Described herein are a molecular memory obtained using DNA strand molecular switches and carbon nanotubes, and a manufacturing method thereof. In particular, the nonvolatile memory is manufactured...
7227445 Wireless activation system and method  
A system and method for wireless activation of a target. A communication device transmits an ID associated with the target to a network operations center. The network operations center provides an...
7187645 Secure optical information disc having a minimized metal layer  
A secure optical data disc comprising an electronic article surveillance tag embedded within a layered disc structure comprising first and second substrates is disclosed. The tag is placed within a...
7171115 CD index print label  
An index print of photographic images is created on a CD containing digital data representing those images. Photographic images are digitized to produce digital image data which is stored on the...
7152350 Greeting card device  
A system is designed for highly customizing and personalizing a greeting card through the association with a digital recording media. The CD can include a writable track for recording the user's...
7070860 Laminated film for electrophotography and method for producing same, and image forming method  
The invention provides an electrophotographic laminated film and a method for producing the electrophotographic laminated film. The electrophotographic laminated film comprises a substrate and at...
7052817 Information recording medium and method of producing the same  
An information recording medium including at least one electrophotographic laminate film in which a surface resistance of at least one surface is in a range of 108 to 1013 Ω/□, and on which a to...
7010371 Digital audio signal player having a simulated analogue record  
In a digital audio signal player having a simulated analogue record, a high frequency alternator is provided, which is connected to the microprocessor, and constantly sends out a high-frequency...
6938162 Optical disk, optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus, method for recording, reproducing and deleting data on optical disk, and information processing system  
A recording type optical disk on which data is recordable includes a data recording and reproducing area for recording data therein and reproducing data therefrom, and a read-only disk...
6899942 Optical disk label and method  
An optical disk of the type rotated by a spindle positioned in a centrally-located hole, and including a disk body including an annular data area, and a centrally-located, integrally-formed annular...
6884553 Near-field optical recording medium and near-field optical recording method  
A near-field optical recording medium comprises a recording layer capable of writing, reading and erasing information using an evanescent light, the evanescent light having a beam spot size smaller...
6825960 System and method for bitwise readout holographic ROM  
According to one aspect a method for manufacturing a holographic storage medium includes providing one or more data masks with data to be recorded, illuminating the one or more data masks onto the...
6732192 Disc recording scheme for enabling quick access to disc data  
A system for recording data to a disc shaped record medium. The data is recorded according to a universal disc format employing a hierarchical file system, and data within the hierarchical...
6693542 Electronic article surveillance markers for recorded media  
A harmonic responsive electronic article surveillance marker is associated with a central, non-recorded region and/or a peripheral non-recorded region of an optically recorded or recordable media....
6680897 Optical disk and recording/reproduction apparatus using the same  
A recording disk having a recording medium and a memory assembly which is disposed in an annular or spiral form at a certain position on the disk. The memory assembly which a memory which stores...
6620479 Optical disk  
An optical disk includes a disk substrate made of synthetic resins and an elastic/non-elastic film for label printing. The disk substrate has a chucking central aperture, and the peripheral portion...
6616052 Digital business card  
A digital business card has a rectangular substrate and a magnetic stripe. The substrate has a printing surface disposed on a surface of the substrate for printing visual data, and a...
6597653 Interactive transaction card  
The present invention is an interactive transaction card having an optical disk which is readable by a CD ROM drive. A coded strip, such as a magnetic strip, is disposed on one side of the optical...
6535465 Integrated-disk drive having an intelligent electronic circuit mounted as part of the disk  
The present invention provides a drive-integrated disk (an intelligent disk (ID)) having an electronic circuit controlling an external system as a peripheral. The drive-integrated disk comprises a...
6529290 Dubbing apparatus  
A dubbing system is provided in which information including lyrics, title, image of a piece of music is printed while audio data representing the piece of music distributed from an information...
6510125 Storage medium having electronic circuit, apparatus communicating information with the electronic circuit, and system including them  
The present invention provides a storage medium having intelligence that has, in one-piece, a storage medium and an electronic circuit, and has communication structure with an external apparatus to...
6501718 Disk, recording and reproduction apparatus, and recording and reproduction method  
Transfer of ancillary information, typically related to main information stored on an optical disk, to or from a storage on a disk is performed before the disk is capable of reproducing...
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