Patent ID: 7155415
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for secure licensing of content to a user on a user network-enabled device, the system comprising: at least one server network device communicatively coupled to the user network-enabled device; wherein the at least one server network device is programmed to transfer selected encrypted content to the user network-enabled device; and a license generator, the license generator being programmed to generate an encrypted a license associated with the selected encrypted content, the encrypted license comprising access information defining conditions for controlling the user network-enabled device, and an encryption key to enable the user network-enabled device to produce a user-perceptible form of the selected encrypted content when the conditions defined by the access information conditions are met and to inhibit production of a user-perceptible form of the selected encrypted content when the conditions defined by the access information are not met; and a root key for decrypting the encrypted license to allow the access information and the encryption key in the encrypted license to be accessed by a media player and security technology programmed on the user network-enabled device, the media player and security technology controlling a specific media player on the user network-enabled device to produce the user-perceptible form of the selected encrypted content.