Patent ID: 7725580
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing access to content, the method comprising: receiving a first content request initiated at a jukebox for access to a content selection, wherein the content request includes triggering the content request based on the jukebox reading an removable electronic storage media that includes the content selection; determining that a permissible location for content selection has not been specified; identifying, during the first content request, a jukebox location corresponding to a location of the jukebox; setting, based on determining that the permissible location for content selection has not been specified, via an input device that supports location services by writing location information to the removable electronic storage media to bind a particular permissible location for a content selection to a jukebox location, using the jukebox, the permissible location for the content selection as the jukebox location, wherein the jukebox location is a location of a device being used to render the content selection and the input device is used to bind one or more locations to the removable electronic storage media; receiving a second content request at the jukebox for the content; reading, during the second content request, the content selection to determine the permissible location for rendering the content selection; relating, during the second content request, the jukebox location to the permissible location; associating the removable electronic storage media with a counter or timer that enables the removable electronic storage media to be in additional regions so long as the removable electronic storage media is accessed a specified percentage of time from a base region or home location; enabling the second content request when the permissible location supports access to the content selection from the jukebox location during the second content request; enabling the content request for a limited period of time when the permissible location does not support using the jukebox location; and enabling the content request for a limited class of content requests when the permissible location does not support using the jukebox location.