Patent ID: 8260710
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A tangible computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed by a computing system having a processor, cause the computing system to perform operations for distributing content, the operations comprising: creating an administrative account on a content client; storing encryption keys in a secure folder of the content client; installing on the content client a startup application, the startup application programmed to launch a decryption application, the decryption application programmed to decrypt the encryption keys stored in the secure folder and to decrypt encrypted content sent to the content client using at least one of the decrypted encryption keys; programming the content client so that at initialization of the content client the startup application is launched under the administrative account; creating a client-specific password that is used to access the administrative account, wherein the startup application is further programmed to recreate the client-specific password from an identification password stored in the secure folder and at least one persistent attribute of the content client.