| 摘要 |
Methods and apparatuses to deter piracy through localization with proprietary information. In one aspect of the invention, a method to deter piracy includes combining the proprietary data (e.g., financial information, such as a credit card or debit card number, a checking account number, or a purchase account number, or others such as social security number) of a customer with the content purchased by the customer to generate a customized version of the bought content for the customer so that the access to the customized bought content is bundled with the access to the proprietary data of the customer. In one example, the proprietary data is used to generate an encryption key to encrypt the bought content so that the proprietary data is required to decrypt the bought content; in another example, the proprietary data is used to generate a password (or registration key) to protect the access to the bought content; in a further example, the proprietary data is embedded in the customized bought content so that the a user of the bought content can also view the proprietary data.
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