Patent ID: 9355281
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for securely storing media content events on a flash memory device, wherein a media content event received at a first media device is stored into a flash memory of the flash memory device, and wherein authorization information is saved as a portion of the stored media content event, the method comprising: generating a flash memory device electronic program guide (EPG) that identifies the media content events stored in the flash memory device; communicating the flash memory device EPG to a display, wherein the presented flash memory device EPG indicates the media content events that are stored in the flash memory device, and indicates which of the stored media content events are secured by the authorization information that is saved as part of the media content event, wherein the authorization information is received from an authorizing user and is stored as a portion of the media content event while the media content event is being stored into the flash memory of the flash memory device; receiving a user selection of one of the media content events stored on the flash memory device and user-provided authorization information from one of the first media device while the flash memory device is communicatively coupled to the first media device and a second media device while the flash memory device is communicatively coupled to the second media device; comparing, using a flash memory central processing unit (CPU) of the flash memory device, the received user-provided authorization information with the authorization information associated with the user selected media content event stored in the flash memory of the flash memory device; and permitting access to the media content event stored in the flash memory of the flash memory device only when the received user-provided authorization information corresponds to the authorization information saved as part of the media content event.