Patent ID: 8510615

Claim:
A method for virtual repair of digital media using a virtual repair service comprising: receiving, from a media player reading the digital media stored on a digital media device, a request to perform a virtual repair of a segment of unreadable digital content of the digital media using a virtual repair unit; retrieving, from a media repository using the virtual repair unit, a readable copy of the digital content corresponding to the segment of unreadable digital content identified in the request; determining, by the virtual repair unit and in response to the request, whether to perform the virtual repair based on a virtual repair rule assessing the validity of the request, determining whether to perform the virtual repair including determining an amount of digital content being requested in the virtual repair request; comparing the amount of digital content being requested in the virtual repair request to a threshold value; denying the request for virtual repair when the amount of digital content being requested exceeds the threshold value; and transmitting the readable copy of the digital content to the media player for insertion into a buffer of the media player responsive to a determination to perform the repair request.