Patent ID: 8538888
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method to generate portable copies of media data stored in an item of content using a computing device, the method comprising: receiving, by the computing device, the item of content including the media data and a serial number associated with the media data at the computing device, wherein the serial number is embedded in the media data; extracting, by the computing device, the embedded serial number from the media data by the computing device and verifying with a verification server that the extracted serial number is valid and active; based on the verification of the serial number being active and valid by the verification server, generating a secure copy of the media data using a secure copying application program stored on the computing device; identifying, by the computing device, license information associated with the verified serial number; storing, by the computing device, the secured copy of the media data and the identified license information for the media data in a first storage device; generating, by the computing device, at least one portable copy of the media data from the stored secured copy by including the identified license information in the at least one portable copy of the media data; and storing the at least one portable copy on a media player device.