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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BruhPosted:

People who dont like this are cheap bastards nuff said cause theyre TWO validation checks so it doesent matter if your disc is scratched or whatever butt yeah im liking this ps4 and this is coming from a fanboy of xbox

imgurPosted:

Brad- I really do hope that they don't implement this.


They most likely will, and it will most likely fail.

BradPosted:

I really do hope that they don't implement this.

Absolut_VodkaPosted:

Even
Tuba
HybridOriginz
Even
AlexThorn I'm all for blocking pirated games, but this method will be a disaster if they try to implement it.


I don't think it would be that bad to implement, but I disagree with your opinion on pirated games.


im my oppionion pirate games are wrong but old games should not be banned and this will be a disastor if the conson/**** tray spins slightly slower due to malfunction


Yeah I'm sure there will be some improvements on this though.


If the disk is scratched and my disk reads slower it won't work. Playstation is gay.


It has secondary validation method's, Do you even read the whole article?

ZyphrPosted:

Jorrdannx Checking the load times of a game and comparing them? sounds a bit silly especially if the desk is scratched and takes a while to load. At the end of the day though some smart 10 year old in his room is going to find away around it and they always do.


I agree.

OdinPosted:

Tuba
HybridOriginz
Even
AlexThorn I'm all for blocking pirated games, but this method will be a disaster if they try to implement it.


I don't think it would be that bad to implement, but I disagree with your opinion on pirated games.


im my oppionion pirate games are wrong but old games should not be banned and this will be a disastor if the conson/**** tray spins slightly slower due to malfunction


Yeah I'm sure there will be some improvements on this though.


If the disk is scratched and my disk reads slower it won't work. Playstation is gay.

JorrdannxPosted:

Checking the load times of a game and comparing them? sounds a bit silly especially if the desk is scratched and takes a while to load. At the end of the day though some smart 10 year old in his room is going to find away around it and they always do.

neboPosted:

HybridOriginz
Even
AlexThorn I'm all for blocking pirated games, but this method will be a disaster if they try to implement it.


I don't think it would be that bad to implement, but I disagree with your opinion on pirated games.


im my oppionion pirate games are wrong but old games should not be banned and this will be a disastor if the conson/**** tray spins slightly slower due to malfunction


Yeah I'm sure there will be some improvements on this though.

GekkoPosted:

HybridOriginz
Even
AlexThorn I'm all for blocking pirated games, but this method will be a disaster if they try to implement it.


I don't think it would be that bad to implement, but I disagree with your opinion on pirated games.


im my oppionion pirate games are wrong but old games should not be banned and this will be a disastor if the conson/**** tray spins slightly slower due to malfunction


"Disk" trey is not spelled with a 'c' you silly goose.

bigalsPosted:

Well if it works anything like Xbox ap2.5 checks... More flags will be given out bc the hardware doesn't work. The only one of my boxes that was not flagged was the hacked one...


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