Patent ID: 8457770
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G11B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A digital media distribution system comprising: a wireless network serving a plurality of wireless subscribers wherein the wireless network supports digital media file transfer; a content server coupled to the wireless network for distributing media items to wireless subscribers upon request, wherein the media items each comprises a plurality of rated versions, wherein the rated versions of each particular media item depict the same media content customized to meet a respective rating from a plurality of ratings, and wherein the content server offers each media item for downloading as a single unit containing the plurality of rated versions; a subscriber terminal for selecting and downloading selected media items as respective single units to be stored in the subscriber terminal, wherein the subscriber terminal includes a trigger stored in the subscriber terminal and having a value for identifying one of the plurality of ratings to be used by the subscriber terminal for accessing the downloaded media items, wherein the trigger value comprises a URL pointing to a User Agent Profile that identifies a selected one of the ratings; a profile repository on a configuration server accessed by the URL and storing the User Agent Profile corresponding to the subscriber terminal; and a media application on the subscriber terminal for activating a downloaded media item according to the rated version specified by the trigger value for the subscriber terminal and ignoring the other rated versions.