Patent ID: 7039944
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring a digital data file comprising: connecting a digital data player or a memory of the digital data player to a communication network via a first personal computer; downloading a digital data file with an attached code segment from the communication network to the memory of the digital data player; connecting the digital data player or the memory of the digital data player to a second personal computer, different than the first personal computer; initiating an upload request to upload the digital data file from the memory of the digital data player to the second personal computer; uploading software from the digital data player to the second personal computer; reading the code segment attached to the digital data file using the uploaded software in the second personal computer; and controlling whether or not the uploading of the digital data file is permitted to occur based upon the uploaded software in the second personal computer interpreting the code segment.