Methods and apparatus for analyzing nonoperational data acquired from optical
discs, and in particular, trackable optical discs having concurrently readable
nonoperational structures are provided. Analysis can involve identifying patterns
in the data that reproducibly distinguish underlying structures, or identifying
patterns in the data that report physical properties of the nonoperational structures.
When an optical disc has a plurality of physically nonidentical concurrently readable
nonoperational structures, analysis can involve identifying patterns in the data
that distinguish among the physically nonidentical nonoperational structures. Also,
relative physical locations of nonoperational structures on the disc can be calculated.
A system for remotely analyzing data in order to expedite complex data analysis
and reporting the results thereof is also provided.
