Sony patent to combat piracy by comparing load times.

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A patent describing a "method for validating legitimate media products" attributed to Sony Computer Entertainment surfaced this week. It was originally filed in August 2011, and the patent elaborates on a process by which a piece of media could be detected as legitimate (not pirated) by comparing two load times against a benchmark for the media.

As you can see in the chart above, the patent describes a secondary validation stage to which a serial number and the "user identification information" are checked against "reliable data, such as that sourced from the manufacturer or developer of the media title."
This information could include account names, location, IP addresses, the speed of the user's connection and product license numbers.

The secondary validation would account for load time errors caused by hardware issues, but would also be skipped entirely if the first cycle - the load time benchmark comparisons - checks out.

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SusceptiblePosted:

ManlyPenguins Im dumb with this kind of
Stuff so what if a games scrachs wouldnt that make it load slower?


yea um bluerays dont scratch ..

MyBBPosted:

yop Like always, someones gonna bypass it.


Probably.

TactrusPosted:

Like always, someones gonna bypass it.

TagsPosted:

Frog It's a good idea, but life will go on and a method will be found to bypass this. It's just what happens, there's a way around everything.


Yeah someone is bound to find a bypass way.

THQPosted:

Im dumb with this kind of
Stuff so what if a games scrachs wouldnt that make it load slower?

SRG_PuNiSheRPosted:

Sounds good now but to me people will find a way to make the load times be acceptable. Or possibly even skip the whole validation process.

FrogPosted:

It's a good idea, but life will go on and a method will be found to bypass this. It's just what happens, there's a way around everything.

imgurPosted:

Compliance Guess we are going to have to see if they succeed with this.


I think this a little much, like the hdmi recording block on the PS3.

CentPosted:

Mortar I think this is a good idea, hopefully it does work correctly if implemented and legitimate gamers do not get blocked.


Yeah i agree.

J-E-T-SPosted:

I wish I understood what this means.


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