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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SOGPosted:

Mazur
SOG
yay
Mazur I really don't get this chart .-.


I don't get it either, just looks like a bunch of random words out of place.


Well, it's one of those 'make a choice' puzzle type things. If you get through the stages, you can play your game, if not = block.


oh okay, it makes a lot more sense now haha


Yeah, I didn't look very hard the first time and I didn't get it either.

yayPosted:

Hall
Soulful
Zwrq This seems easily bypassable though...


Yeah, probably very easily as well.


We shall see :D


This? Easily bypassable? I doubt that.

MazurPosted:

SOG
yay
Mazur I really don't get this chart .-.


I don't get it either, just looks like a bunch of random words out of place.


Well, it's one of those 'make a choice' puzzle type things. If you get through the stages, you can play your game, if not = block.


oh okay, it makes a lot more sense now haha

HallPosted:

Soulful
Zwrq This seems easily bypassable though...


Yeah, probably very easily as well.


We shall see :D

HallPosted:

yay
Mazur I really don't get this chart .-.


I don't get it either, just looks like a bunch of random words out of place.


Same to me lmao, ohh education..

ChugJugPosted:

SOG
yay
Mazur I really don't get this chart .-.


I don't get it either, just looks like a bunch of random words out of place.


Well, it's one of those 'make a choice' puzzle type things. If you get through the stages, you can play your game, if not = block.


Yeah

SOGPosted:

yay
Mazur I really don't get this chart .-.


I don't get it either, just looks like a bunch of random words out of place.


Well, it's one of those 'make a choice' puzzle type things. If you get through the stages, you can play your game, if not = block.

yayPosted:

Mazur I really don't get this chart .-.


I don't get it either, just looks like a bunch of random words out of place.

MazurPosted:

MTV
SOG
Soulful
NaughtyNuts This is going to be bypasssed


Sooner or later, yes.


There are high chances, but we can't ALWAYS be 100% certain of it.


Yea, but with Sony, you never know.


Technically you do know because PSN got compromised for a month+ in 2011...

MazurPosted:

I really don't get this chart .-.


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