Patent ID: 8745754
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A device for secure access to digital media contents, the device comprising: a digital media reader for accessing digital media contents from a data source loaded into the digital media reader, the digital media reader located in a single housing, wherein the data source comprises a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD, a DVD, a flash memory embedded inside the device, or a removable flash memory and the digital media contents include one or more of: digital video, digital audio, and digital still pictures; a smart card reader for controlling access to the digital media contents, the smart card reader located in the single housing; an internal communication path between the digital media reader and the smart card reader, the internal communication path being not directly accessible from outside the device; and a multi-interface driver connected to the digital media reader and the smart card reader, the driver capable of reporting at least two logical interfaces to a host via a single electrical interface and converting commands received from the host into a different format before transmitting the commands to the smart card reader.