Optical recording method for data cards
CA 1298405 C · Owner: Drexler Technology Corporation · Inventors: Arnold, Joseph B.; Drexler, Jerome
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A method of recording data on a card in which track indicia are laser recorded by a user on at least one end of a card prerecorded with tracks only. Track indicia include start and stop marks defining usable recordable areas, synchronization marks error codes and, track numbers and track termination codes. Start and stop marks may be a series of lines recorded in a pattern across the tracks and in addition to demarcating usable recordable areas of the card may indicate the location of track numbers and data areas as well as the particular encoding scheme used on the card. Data blocks may be written on entire tracks or in sectors. When recording error are detected, the data block is …
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- Granted March 31, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 31, 2009.
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