Patent ID: 7293066
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. In a data processing device, a method supporting access to stored information, the method comprising: receiving user-selected content data from a remote source over a network in response to a user initiated content data selection; storing the user-selected content data in a storage location associated with the data processing device; enabling access to a first portion of the received user-selected content data in the storage location for selective retrieval, while disabling access to a second portion of the received user-selected content data in the storage location; generating a graphical user interface for displaying an itemized list of accessible user-selected content data in the storage location, the accessible user-selected content data being selectively retrieved by a user for playback in real-time; receiving input from the user identifying a de-selected content item in the itemized list of available content data; disabling user access to user-selected content data in the storage location associated with the de-selected content item; and enabling user access to a different portion of user-selected content data in the storage location previously inaccessible to the user; wherein the first portion of the received user-selected content data includes a first playable work corresponding to a first user-selection and the second portion of the received user-selected content data contains a second playable work corresponding to a second user-selection, the first and second playable works being distinct; and wherein disabling access to the second portion comprises forbidding a user from playing the second playable work, the second playable work otherwise being in a condition suitable to be played.