Abstract:
The present invention discloses a security package for a compact disc having a receiving structure and a retaining plate. The receiving structure has a handle, a lock section, and a storage compartment. The storage compartment receives the audio media. The audio media is held in place by the retainer plate which is pivotally attached to the lock section of the receiving structure. The retainer plate has a flange which covers a portion of the storage compartment holding the media in place. The receiving structure can enclose a detection strip which is then covered by the retainer plate.
Abstract:
A reusable plastic package for securely holding and displaying a compact disc. A housing forms a storage compartment having an access opening for receiving and retaining therein a plastic storage box containing a compact disc. A slide plate is mounted on the housing and is slidably moved across the access opening between locked and unlocked positions to retain the box within the storage compartment. The slide plate has locking projections which engage locking tabs on the housing to maintain the slide plate in locked position until released by a manually operated key. A pair of orienting tabs are formed on the slide plate and move through openings formed in a rear wall of the storage compartment and into offset openings formed in the compact disc storage box when the slide plate is moved to the locked position to ensure that the storage box is oriented in the desired position in the storage compartment for viewing of graphics cards contained thereon.
Abstract:
A security tag for a compact disc container holding a compact disc is comprised of a generally flat substrate which includes circuitry for establishing a resonant circuit. The substrate is positioned within the compact disc storage container such that a first portion of the substrate extends beyond the periphery of the compact disc and a second portion of the substrate overlaps at least a portion of the compact disc. A part of the circuitry is located on each of the first and second portions of the substrate so that the frequency of the resonant circuit is established at least in part by interaction between the circuitry and the compact disc. The security tag is used in an electronic security system for a surveilled area, including a transmitter for transmitting electromagnetic energy into the surveilled area at a predetermined detection frequency and a receiver for detecting the presence of a security tag resonating at a detection frequency within the surveilled area.
Abstract:
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a thin optical disc having remote reading capability is provided. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, the optical disc includes a central clamping area that defines a central aperture operable to be engaged by a spindle mechanism of an optical disc drive, an optically-readable data storage area substantially surrounding the central clamping area, the optically-readable data storage area having a planar thickness of less than 1.20 mm, and an electronic tag coupled to or embedded within the optical disc, the electronic tag comprising a radio frequency tag or radio frequency identification tag.
Abstract:
A disk drive assembly for a server system includes a drive bracket (30), a disk drive (10), and a backboard (50). The drive bracket includes a top wall (31) and two parallel sidewalls (34) perpendicular to the top wall. The disk drive is received in the drive bracket between the two sidewalls. The disk drive has a port (15) defined therein. The backboard is secured to the drive bracket and perpendicular to the top wall and the sidewalls thereof. The backboard includes a main body (51) and a connecting member (53) detachably mounted on the main body. The connecting member is connected to the port of the disk drive and facilitates communication between the disk drive and the server system.
Abstract:
A memory device (10) with USB connectibility and a security system (110) associated with the device (10). The memory device (10) comprises a body (12) of generally rectangular shape that is dimensioned substantially as that of a conventional credit card and is of planar form of a thickness compatible with the height of an inner space in a standard USB interface slot socket. The memory device (10) has a USB connector (15) of a generally rectangular shape and similar thickness to that of the body (12). This USB connector (15) is movable from a stored condition in which it is disposed wholly within the outline of said rectangular shape and an in-use condition in which it projects outwardly of said rectangular shape. In one embodiment the USB connector (15) is mounted slidably in a slot (16) provided in the body (12) adjacent a side (57) of the rectangular shape. In another embodiment the USB connector is (15) mounted pivotably to be accommodated in a slot (16) provided in the body (12) adjacent a side (57) of the rectangular shape when in an out-of-use or stored condition and to project from that slot (16) when in an in-use condition. The security system (110) can accommodate the memory device (10) by interengaging fittingly both with the USB connector (15) and with the body (12) of the memory device (10).
Abstract:
A digital storage medium (e.g., a CDROM, a DVD, a tape, etc.) has an integrated RFID tag to store information for use in controlling access to the data stored on the digital storage medium.
Abstract:
A flash memory mass storage drive stores user files in a convenient credit card sized drive. Embodiments function as both a credit card and a mass storage drive. Communication may be through a host interface connector such as a USB connector, a magnetic interface, a smart card interface, and/or a near field communication interface. In certain embodiments the drive comprises a portion that is sufficiently thin to be swiped through a standard credit card, ATM, or point of sale device. The USB connector of the drive can easily be plugged into even a crowded receptacle of a host computing device.
Abstract:
A goods protection device for the sale and/or rental distribution of information carrier discs, including CDs and DVDs, is disclosed. The goods protection device generally comprises a housing encasing a storage space. The housing is provided with a fastening unit consisting of a locking piece and another locking piece cooperating with it. The housing is constructed as a protecting envelope comprising a first protecting plate and a second protecting plate, at least part of the first protecting plate and the second protecting plate separated from each other by a space. The space has a maximum width of six times the width of the information carrier disc. Therefore, at least a part of the information carrier disc is temporarily accommodated within the space of the protecting envelope consisting of the first and second protecting plates. The first protecting plate of the protecting envelope is surrounded by a first bordering rim and the second protecting plate of the protecting envelope is surrounded by a second bordering rim such as at least a part of the first bordering rim of the first protecting plate and at least a part of the second bordering rim of the second protecting plate are inseparably fastened together by a connection piece. While in the section of the first and second bordering rims where there is no connection piece, there is a passage connected to the space created for temporarily accommodating at least a part of the information carrier disc. At least one of the first and second protecting plates has a free flap in the vicinity of the passage such that the one locking piece of the fastening unit is fixed into the free flap in a fixed position and the other locking piece of the fastening unit is connected to the one locking piece freely in its normal position or at least partly covering the centre hole of the information carrier disc through this hole when it is being used.
Abstract:
A receiving case of a disc is displayed in a state of putting the receiving case in a display case with a locking function so as to prevent the display case from being left in a shop at a time of renting. A display case is formed by a box body structured by a bottom wall and peripheral walls protruding from respective line edges of the bottom wall, and a lid body provided in one line of the box body via an appropriate hinge so as to open and close an opening of the box body, and an appropriate lock apparatus provided in the display case such that the lock apparatus can not be unlocked from the other sides than a shop side, and a locking part can be recovered in accordance with the unlock in the shop side. Further, a receiving case is formed by a box body receiving a disc, and a lid body in which both side wall ends are rotatably mounted to both side wall ends of the box body via pins so as to open and close an opening of the box body, the box body of the receiving case is fitted to the box body of the display case, and the lid body of the receiving case is fitted to the lid body of the display case, in such a manner that the hinge and the pin of the hinge are arranged in parallel and at close positions.