COPY-PROTECTED SOFTWARE CARTRIDGE

A cartridge preferably for use with a game console. The cartridge comprises a ROM, a non-volatile memory, a processor and a dispatcher. An application running on the console may communicate with the dispatcher using predefined addresses, which enables the dispatcher to access the ROM, the non-volati...

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Hauptverfasser: DIEHL, ERIC, ELUARD, MARC, PRIGENT, NICOLAS
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A cartridge preferably for use with a game console. The cartridge comprises a ROM, a non-volatile memory, a processor and a dispatcher. An application running on the console may communicate with the dispatcher using predefined addresses, which enables the dispatcher to access the ROM, the non-volatile memory, or the processor, as the case may be. The invention improves on the prior art copy protection as no generic copy method may be found if the addresses are changed from one cartridge to another. In addition, to copy the software, the processor must be emulated.