Patent ID: 9443088
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for protecting a media event that is pre-downloaded to a mobile device comprising: pre-downloading a portion of a media event content embedded in an executable file to the mobile device prior to a release date of a media event associated with the media event content, wherein the mobile device comprises a trusted security zone implemented by partitioning hardware and software resources of the mobile device into a secure partition of a non-transitory memory of the mobile device that is not accessible to components in a normal partition of the non-transitory memory; storing the pre-downloaded portion of the executable file in the trusted security zone of the mobile device, wherein the pre-downloaded portion of the media event content comprises a disruption that renders the portion of the media event content one or more of degraded, distorted, or disrupted; downloading a remaining portion of the media event content to the mobile device after a purchase decision by a user associated with the mobile device and the release date of the media event; downloading, with the remaining portion of the media event content, one or more keys configured to remove the disruption of the pre-downloaded portion of the media event content and allow user access to the remaining portion of the media event content, wherein the one or more keys are stored in the trusted security zone; and removing, via the one or more keys stored in the trusted security zone, the disruption of the pre-downloaded portion of the media event content and allowing user access to the remaining portion of the media event content.