Patent ID: 7685636
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling authorized use of distributed content on a protected media, the method comprising: determining that a user is attempting to access protected content in possession of the user via a media device adapted to play the protected content, wherein the protected media resides on a protected media; determining that the protected content fails to be bound with an encryption key associated with the protected media; temporarily restricting, by the media device, access to the protected content in response to determining that the protected content residing on the protected media fails to be bound with the encryption key associated with the protected media; accessing, by the media device in response to the temporarily restricting, link information on the protected media, wherein the link information is associated with a set of service providers that provide encrypted keys; prompting, by the media device in response to the accessing, the user to select at least one service provider to obtain an encryption key; receiving, in response to the prompting, an encryption key from the at least one service provider selected by the user; binding, by the media device in response to the receiving, the protected content with the protected media using the encryption key that has been received; and granting, in response to the binding, access to the protected content.