Patent ID: 8781115
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for use by a media player for pairing a physical medium with a user account, the method comprising: retrieving, by the media player, a medium identifier from the physical medium, wherein the medium identifier uniquely identifies the physical medium; retrieving, by the media player, a player identifier from a memory of the media player; transmitting, by the media player, the medium identifier of the physical medium and the player identifier of the media player to a server; receiving, by the media player and in response to the transmitting, a key associated with the medium identifier of the physical medium and the player identifier of the media player from the server; receiving, by the media player and in response to the transmitting, pairing instructions for use by a user to pair, using a computer, the user account with the physical medium associated with the key; and storing, by the media player, the user account on the media player.