Patent ID: 8731380

Claim:
A method for recording a media content onto a media player, comprising: (a) unlocking a hardware recording interface of the media player by a media recorder using a key; (b) connecting the media recorder with the hardware recording interface; (c) sending the media content to the media player from the media recorder over the connection to the hardware recording interface, wherein the media content is stored onto a non-removable storage of the media player, wherein the storage resides within the media player prior to sending the media content from the media recorder, wherein the media player comprises a mechanism for playing the media content; (d) after completion of the sending of the media content, sending a lock request to the media player by the media recorder; and (e) in response to the lock request, disconnecting the media recorder from the hardware recording interface by the media player, wherein the disconnecting of the media recorder from the hardware recording interface causes permanent locking of the hardware recording interface of the media player by the media recorder, wherein the hardware recording interface does not respond to any subsequent unlocking attempts from the media recorder.