Patent ID: 9020854
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a tangible personal digital key including a first activation code comprising a user label and an account number and a first wireless transceiver to wirelessly transmit the first activation code; a key provider device coupled to receive the first activation code and to authenticate the first activation code; a content provider device to mark a digital content with an unlock code associated with the first activation code responsive to the key provider device authenticating the first activation code; and a computing device coupled to the tangible personal digital key via a wireless network, wherein the computing device comprises a reader/decoder circuit that receives the first activation code comprising the user label and the account number from the tangible personal digital key and transmits the first activation code received from the tangible personal digital key to the key provider device, wherein the computing device is programmed to receive the digital content marked with the unlock code associated with the first activation code from the content provider device responsive to the key provider device authenticating the first activation code received from the tangible personal digital key; and a playing device comprising a transceiver with a wireless coverage range wherein the playing device is programmed to perform the operations of: