Abstract: A device (1; 1?) or an application (3) may be activated by supplying a series of activation codes. The device checks whether each code is received in a predetermined order and within a certain time period. If the check fails, the device or the application may be terminated. The codes may be stored on tokens (2), such as cards or optical information carriers. The device or the application may be a toy, such as a virtual or mechanical pet.

Abstract: A system for sensing a physical property allocated to scanning positions (P1-P5, P11-P44, Pijk) comprises sensors (A1-A5, B) adapted to sense the physical property within sensing regions (AR1-AR5, BR1-BR2, C1-C3, D1-D3, E1-E3, F1-F4, G1-G3, H1-H4), wherein the sensing regions (AR1-AR5, BR1-BR2, C1-C3, D1-D3, E1-E3, F1-F4, G1-G3, H1-H4) are arranged such that each of them sweeps at least one scanning position (P1-P5, P11-P44, Pijk) and sensing regions (AR1-AR5, BR1-BR2, C1-C3, D1-D3, E1-E3, F1-F4, G1-G3, H1-H4) are superposed on one another at least at one scanning position (P1-P5, P11-P44, Pijk), so that each scanning position is swept by a unique pattern of sensing regions (AR1-AR5, BR1-BR2, C1-C3, D1-D3, E1-E3, F1-F4, G1-G3, H1-H4), wherein the following condition is fulfilled: log2(n)?i<x·n1/x with i . . . number of sensing regions n . . . number of scanning positions x . . . number of spatial dimensions in which the arrangement of scanning positions extend.

Abstract: There is described a personal communication apparatus (10), for example a mobile telephone, for generating a verifiable recording of a transaction (240), the transaction (240) comprising an exchange of information. The apparatus includes a receiving component, a protection component, a memory and a recording component. The receiving component is capable of receiving a transaction between a user (100) of the apparatus and a remote person, and of receiving biometric data (BIOKY) of the remote person. The protection component is capable of protecting the voice conversation with the biometric data (BIOKY). The recording component is capable of recording the transaction protected with the biometric data on the memory (30). There is also described a communication apparatus (10), which may be the same mobile telephone, operable to support authentication of a transaction therein. The communication apparatus comprises a memory (30) and an authentication component.

Abstract: There is described a communication apparatus (10) for communicating via one or more services provided by a service provider (80). The apparatus (10) is preferably a mobile telephone. Moreover, the apparatus (10) includes a memory device (30) susceptible to receive one or more data carriers (20) distributed by the provider (80) in return for payment. The device (30) is operable on presentation of the one or more data carriers (20) thereto to directly access data (60, 65, 300) on the one or more data carriers (20). Furthermore, the apparatus (10) is further arranged to be capable of communicating the data (60) to the provider (80) for the provider (80) to check the data (60) for updating a toll credit for the apparatus (10) according to information conveyed in the data (60) when the data (60) is found to be valid. Use of the data carrier (20) enables advertising and addresses problems encountered when, for example, using contemporary scratch cards for toll crediting purposes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a content item recorder (101) comprising storage means (109) for storing a plurality of content items. The content item recorder (101) may be a Personal Video Recorder comprising a hard disk. The content item recorder (109) comprises a back-up processor (115) generating reduced reference information associated with the plurality of content items; and a memory interface (117) for storing the reduced reference information to a back-up memory (119) separate from the storage means (109). The reduced reference information may be reduced user profile information of reference information allowing external copies of content items to be identified from external sources which may specifically be part of a peer-to-peer network. The reduced reference information may automatically be stored on recordable DVD disks when a content item is stored thereon. Following a hard disk malfunction or replacement, hard disk information may be restored in response to the reduced reference information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of retrieving content data and instructional data from a storage medium, the content data having a format on the storage medium that is known to the instructional data, the instructional data having a format on the storage medium that is known to firmware, the firmware being installed into a storage medium reading device and the method comprising: retrieving, by means of the firmware, the instructional data from a predefined position on the storage medium; retrieving, by means of the firmware in cooperation with the instructional data, the content data from the storage medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage device, a storing method and rewritable record carrier for storing data file, wherein a rewriting frequency of the date files is identified and the data files are classified based on their identified rewriting frequency. Each data file is then written using a rule selected according to the result of classification. The definition of the allocation class and rules based on the rewriting frequency enables an optimization of the file storage for endurance and power consumption. Thereby, the life time of the storage medium and the battery life of the whole system can be extended.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ad-hoc network (100) comprising a network device (201) for configuration management. The network device (201) comprises a traffic monitoring processor (211) which monitors traffic between different network elements. The network device (201) further comprises a configuration processor (213) which determines combined configuration information for at least a first and second network element in response to the monitored traffic. The combined configuration information is stored in a data store (215) and may be communicated to other network elements. The network device (201) may thus derive combined configuration information which relates to more than one network element and may specifically determine combined configuration information in the context of location, connections and history of the ad-hoc network (100). The stored combined configuration information may be used to initiate a replacement network element or to emulate the functionality of an existing network element.

Abstract: The invention provides a record carrier containing an audio file (1). It is an object of the invention the provide an audio file (1) that can be navigated quickly and managed easily. This object is achieved by a record carrier containing an audio file (1) with audio data (2) being segmented into segments (5) to which an address information (6) is assigned indicating a location of a segment (5), pointer data (3) comprising segment indexes (7) representing said segments (5) of said audio data (2) to each of which said address information (6) and an auditory cue (4) is assigned, and said auditory cues (4) being adapted to be sounded during browsing said segment indexes (7).

Abstract: This invention relates to a method, a device, a server and a system of/for peer to peer transfer of content.

Abstract: A computer system includes a system memory (SM) and a non-volatile memory (NVM). The computer system is arranged to copy at least a part of the system state, stored in the system memory during a clean boot-up procedure, into the non-volatile memory (209, 329). During subsequent start-ups of the computer system, the system state is copied from the non-volatile memory into the system memory (205, 305), resulting in a significantly faster system start-up. In case the configuration of the computer system has changed, the complete boot-up procedure is executed again and the new system state is copied into the non-volatile memory, overwriting the previously stored system state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a system and a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable components for distribution of digital rights. The idea of the invention is to attach a trading value of a certain magnitude to a digital right to be distributed. The digital right is associated with a digital content bought by a consumer at the provider. The trading value of the digital right thus specifies the value of the digital content when trading the digital content for another digital content. The inventive idea is advantageous since, in prior art DRM systems, there is no trading value attached to copyrighted digital content once a provider has sold it to a consumer. By attaching a trading value to the sold digital content, the content can later easily be traded under supervision of an appropriate DRM system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive device and method of reading from or writing to a record carrier (10), wherein a predetermined portion of the maximum storage capacity of said record carrier (10) is exposed via an access interface function of a drive device (30). At least one of a size and a location of the predetermined portion is selectable by an input function at the interface function. Thereby, legacy host devices which cannot use the full storage capacity of advanced drive devices (30) can take full or better advantage of the total storage capacity.

Abstract: In the method of the invention, a request for a digital right to an encrypted content item is transmitted to a server (61). The request contains a circuit identifier identifying an integrated circuit and a content identifier identifying the encrypted content. Subsequently, an encrypted digital right, being encrypted by using a public key associated 5 with the integrated circuit, is received from the server (61). Furthermore, the integrated circuit is instructed to decrypt the encrypted digital right by using a private key associated with the integrated circuit and to store the digital right in the integrated circuit. The private key is being stored in the integrated circuit. The system of the invention contains a client (63) performing the method and a server (61) as referred to in the method. The electronic device 10 performs the method of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and storage device for storing data on a recording medium (40) by using allocation classes to optimize storage and retrieval of the data based on properties of their content. A type of data is discriminated based on a predetermined property of the data, and a usage pattern is tracked for discriminated types of the input data, so as to select the allocation class based on the usage pattern. Thereby, without the content source knowing or telling the type of content it produces, the storage of the same will be, at least after a while, optimal for the properties of the combination of content and storage device.

Abstract: A universal memory device is presented that provides adaptability to existing hardware and software environments. The memory can “mimic” existing memory technology combining the advantages of integration all memory capacity in to one single technology and still providing the implicit protections and access characteristics known from the different existing memory technologies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a write controller (10) for a memory with a plurality of non-volatile storage cells, a read controller for a memory with a plurality of nonvolatile storage cells, to a combined write/read controller, to a solid state device comprising a memory with a plurality of non-volatile storage cells, a programmer device for writing a binary code to a non-volatile memory, to a method for writing data comprising at least one input bit to a memory having non-volatile storage cells, and to a method for controlling the integrity of data comprising at least one input bit stored in non-volatile storage cells of a memory. The invention provides a reliable detection of changes that have occurred to the content of a non-volatile memory. The basic concept of the present invention is to extend information stored in a non-volatile memory by at least one checking bit. The checking bit is allocated to one code bit, or to each of a plurality of code bits.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, data that will be needed for starting the applications of the storage medium are stored in a reserved area of the storage medium. The data stored in the reserved area are read and cached in a single operation when the storage medium is declared to the operating system. Therefore the seeking and spinning-up operations of the reading head that are required for starting the application(s) are limited to a minimum. According to a second aspect of the invention, programs that create a new application file indicate whether this application file should be assigned to the reserved area. If so, the file system implementation allocates the application file to the reserved area.

Abstract: A record carrier has a track pattern of substantially parallel tracks. Control data packs are stored repetitively in several control locations (32) for protection against damage and contamination. The control locations (32) are separated at spacer positions (33) by one or more spacers (34,35). The length of the spacers (34,35) is selected for preventing overlap of the position of the first block of the control data packs in the parallel tracks.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of, a device and a protocol for performing ownership transfer of a change in a peer to peer network (30). The device or a peer can be a car, a garage, a video cassette recorder (VCR), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a climate system, a television, a lamp, a coffee machine, a radio, a DVD player, a CD player, an information panel, a web tablet, a smart remote, an answering machine, a personal computer.