Patent ID: 9710620
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a hardware processor of a computer platform result in the platform being capable of performing operations comprising: receiving by the computer platform, from a remote server of a content distributor via an Internet network, digital rights management (DRM) controlled video content, the DRM controlled video content being in accordance with a DRM technique, the DRM controlled video content being based, at least in part, upon certain video content that has been transcoded by a remote computer system via a selectable installable transcoding module, the certain video content having been received by the remote computer system, prior to being transcoded, from a handheld computing device, wherein the selected transcoding module is capable of generating transcoded certain video content in accordance with DRM rules determined, at least in part, by the remote server, and wherein the transcoded certain video content comprises an output file containing encrypted and/or compressed data.