- Number
- 9911457
- Published
- 2018-03-06
- Filed
- 2008-09-24
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Rickelton-Abdi; Cyril
- CPC
- G06F21/1063; G06F21/16; G11B20/00086; G11B20/00152; G11B20/00195; G11B20/00862
- Verdict
- Set aside secure revocable content access, DRM/security
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
There is provided a method for use by a media player to provide access to a media content. The method comprises receiving a request from a user for playing the media content, prompting a user for an authorization code, receiving the authorization code from the user, transmitting the authorization code to an authentication server over a network, receiving a valid authentication message from the authentication server over the network if the authorization code is confirmed to be valid, transmitting the valid authentication message to a content server over the network, retrieving the media content from the content server over the network, wherein the media content incorporates an identification information associating the media content with the user.
Background
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION(1) 1. Field of the Invention(2) The present invention relates generally to computer systems and media content. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems for media content security and access.(3) 2. Background Art(4) Within the entertainment media industry, there is often a need to provide advance or promotional copies of copyrighted material. Generating publicity and building consumer awareness are often key elements to a successful launch of any media product. For example, record companies might send promotional copies of new albums to selected publications prior to the release date, so that the reviews are available in the newsstands by the time the album arrives in retail channels. Similarly, in film and video production, screener discs are often provided to reviewers, judges and critics prior to the theatrical or retail release date, for reviews, ratings or awards purposes. Distributors might also receive these screener discs to evaluate the commercial merit of a possible distribution agreement.(5) However, at the same time it is vital to prevent such screener discs from leaking to the general public, which might render the promotional efforts thus far moot and siphon potential purchases or ticket sales due to resultant piracy. Often, reviewers, critics, and judges find it difficult to secure their advance copies from inquiring friends and family, who in turn distribute it to their network of peers in a chain reaction until th
Claims
1. A method for use by a media player to provide access to an audiovisual content, the method comprising: receiving a request from a person for playing the audiovisual content; prompting the person for an authorization code in response to the receiving of the request for playing the audiovisual content; receiving the authorization code from the person in response to the prompting of the person; transmitting the authorization code and a media player identifier to an authentication server over a network in response to the receiving of the authorization code; receiving, in response to a validation of both the authorization code and the media player identifier by the authentication server, a valid authentication message and an identification information from the authentication server over the network, wherein the identification information identifies the person associated with the audiovisual content; transmitting the valid authentication message received from the authentication server to a content server over the network; retrieving, from the content server over the network and after the transmitting of the valid authentication message, the audiovisual content; and playing, by the media player on a display, the audiovisual content received from the content server and a watermark, wherein the watermark includes the identification information received from the authentication server, wherein the valid authentication message from the authentication server is received if a maximum number of allowable media players associated with the person is not exceeded.
8. A media player for providing access to an audiovisual content, the media player comprising: a processor configured to: receive a request from a person for playing the audiovisual content; prompt the person for an authorization code in response to receiving the request for playing the audiovisual content; receive the authorization code from the person in response to prompting the person; transmit the authorization code and a media player identifier to an authentication server over a network in response to receiving the authorization code; receive, in response to a validation of both the authorization code and the media player identifier by the authentication server, a valid authentication message and an identification information from the authentication server over the network, wherein the identification information identifies the person associated with the audiovisual content; transmit the valid authentication message received from the authentication server to a content server over the network; retrieve, from the content server over the network and after transmitting the valid authentication message, the audiovisual content; and play, on a display, the audiovisual content received from the content server and a watermark, wherein the watermark includes the identification information received from the authentication server, wherein the valid authentication message from the authentication server is received if a maximum number of allowable media players associated with the person is not exceeded.
15. A non-transitory computer storage medium embodying a program code for execution by a processor of a media player, the program code comprising: code for receiving a request from a person for playing the audiovisual content; code for prompting the person for an authorization code in response to the receiving of the request for playing the audiovisual content; receiving the authorization code from the person in response to the prompting of the person; code for transmitting the authorization code and a media player identifier to an authentication server over a network in response to the receiving of the authorization code; code for receiving, in response to a validation of both the authorization code and the media player identifier by the authentication server, a valid authentication message and an identification information from the authentication server over the network, wherein the identification information identifies the person associated with the audiovisual content; code for transmitting the valid authentication message received from the authentication server to a content server over the network; code for retrieving, from the content server over the network and after the transmitting of the valid authentication message, the audiovisual content; and playing, by the media player on a display, the audiovisual content received from the content server and a watermark, wherein the watermark includes the identification information received from the authentication server, wherein the valid authentication message from the authentication server is received if a maximum number of allowable media players associated with the person is not exceeded.