Patent ID: 7720765
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for secure distribution of digital content, the method comprising: disintegrating, by a hardware server, the digital content into a plurality of segments; selecting, from the plurality of segments, segments to be protected, the remaining unselected segments to be being-unprotected; including the remaining unselected segments in a medium for distribution, the selected segments to be protected being omitted from the medium for distribution, the medium also including installation software and distribution identification information; receiving the remaining unselected segments, the installation software, and the distribution identification information on a particular customer device; executing the installation software on the particular customer device, the installation software extracting from the particular customer device hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device; receiving, by the hardware server, the distribution identification information and the unique hardware identification information extracted from the particular customer device, the distribution identification information identifying the selected segments to be protected; modifying, by the hardware server, the selected segments to be protected so as to include the distribution identification information and the hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device, the modifying further comprising: injecting, by the hardware server, the modified segments to the particular customer device; integrating, on the particular customer device, the remaining unselected segments with the modified segments, thereby generating on the particular customer device modified digital content operable only on the particular customer device; and executing the call protection routine on the particular customer device, the executing further comprising: