Patent ID: 7533061

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving an indication to provide access to a digital media item to a user; identifying multiple distinct types of devices that the user may use to access the digital media item; automatically generating a single file that comprises multiple distinct copies of the digital media item, the multiple distinct copies to be included being selected based at least in part on the multiple distinct types of devices such that at least a first copy of the included distinct copies is accessible via a first device of the multiple distinct types of devices and such that at least a second copy of the included distinct copies is accessible via a second device of a second of the multiple distinct types of devices; and providing the generated single file to a device of the user for use in accessing the digital media item, so that a user receives a single file for a digital media item that comprises multiple distinct copies of the digital media item that are accessible from multiple distinct devices, wherein the included distinct copies are such that the second device cannot be used by the user to access the first copy and such that the first device cannot be used by the user to access the second copy.