- Number
- 10783505
- Published
- 2020-09-22
- Filed
- 2014-08-11
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises Inc.
- Inventors
- Arana; Mark
- CPC
- G06F21/10; G06Q20/1235; G06F21/105
- Verdict
- Set aside generic media content delivery/DRM, business plumbing
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for delivering and unlocking restricted media content on physical media. The disclosed methods and systems provide restricted media assets on a physical media. The restricted media assets may be ad-sponsored media content. Restrictions on the restricted media assets may be removed by providing an unlock code, either on an online or offline media player. In the ad-sponsored media context, an unlocked version might comprise an ad-free version.
Background
TECHNICAL FIELD(1) The present disclosure relates generally to physical media, and more particularly to systems and methods for providing media content on physical media.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION(2) The present disclosure may be embodied in a method comprising: providing a physical media configured to be played on an offline media player, the physical media comprising one or more restricted digital media assets and a unique identifier; and providing a user with an unlock code corresponding to the unique identifier, wherein the unlock code unlocks one or more of the restricted digital media assets when the physical media is played on the offline media player.(3) The unique identifier may identify the physical media, and the unlock code may unlock all restricted digital media assets on the physical media.(4) In a more specific embodiment, the physical media may further comprise a plurality of subsets, each subset comprising one or more restricted digital media assets, and a plurality of unique identifiers, each of the plurality of unique identifiers identifying one of the plurality of subsets. In this configuration, the unlock code may unlock only those restricted digital media assets that are part of the subset identified by the unique identifier. In one aspect of this embodiment, the unique identifier may be used to derive the unlock code. In a further aspect, the physical media may be identified by a disc identifier, and the unique identifier and the disc identifi
Claims
1. A method, comprising: receiving a physical media for playback on an offline media player, the physical media comprising: a first set of digital media assets, wherein the first set of digital media assets are accessible upon receiving and inserting the physical media into the offline media player; a second set of digital media assets, wherein the second set of digital media assets are accessible upon receiving a first unlock code at the offline media player; a third set of digital media assets and a unique event code associated with the third set of digital media assets, wherein the third set of digital media assets are accessible upon receiving a second unlock code at the offline media player; and a unique identifier identifying the physical media, wherein the offline media player is a first device associated with a user; upon receiving the physical media at the offline media player, enabling to play the first set of digital media assets, wherein the first set of digital media assets are enabled to play without receiving the first unlock code or the second unlock code; receiving, at the offline media player, a request to access the second set of digital media assets; upon determining that the first unlock code associated with the second set of digital media assets has not been entered at the offline media player, blocking access to the second set of digital media assets; requesting, at the offline media player, user entry of the second unlock code to access the third set of digital media assets; transmitting, over a network and from a user device to a web service, the unique event code associated with the third set of digital media assets and the unique identifier identifying the physical media, wherein the user device is a second device associated with the user; receiving, over the network and at the web server from the user device, the unique event code associated with the third set of digital media assets and the unique identifier identifying the physical media; upon detection, at the web server, of an occurrence of a release date associated with the second set of digital media assets, deriving the second unlock code from the unique event code associated with the third set of digital media assets and the unique identifier identifying the physical media; transmitting, over the network and by the web server to the user device, the second unlock code; receiving, over the network, the second unlock code at the user device from the web service; receiving, at the offline media player, user entry of the second unlock code; unlocking, at the offline media player, the third set of digital media assets; and enabling to play the third set of digital media assets or the first set of digital media assets, without enabling to play the second set of digital media assets.