Patent ID: 8463708

Claim:
A computer implemented method for secure distribution of digital content, the method comprising: disintegrating by a hardware server the digital content into a plurality of segments; selecting, from the plurality of segments, segments to be protected, the remaining unselected segments being unprotected; including the remaining unselected segments in a medium for distribution, the selected segments to be protected being omitted from the medium for distribution, the medium also including installation software and distribution identification information; distributing to a particular customer device the remaining unselected segments, the installation software and the distribution identification information, the installation software being capable of extracting from the particular customer device hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device; receiving, by the hardware server, the distribution identification information and hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device; modifying, by the hardware server, the selected segments to be protected so as to include the distribution identification information and hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device; and injecting, by the hardware server, the modified segments to the particular customer device.