Patent ID: 8584253

Claim:
A method for enabling access to media content, the method comprising: accessing, from across a network and from a remote media player, information related to an out-of-band token, the out-of-band token representing an image and configured to be accessed by an out-of-band token sensor, and further configured to specify settings that include: accessing information associated with accessing the media content, and downloading information associated with copying the media content, wherein the out-of-band token includes the image that resides in a different format than the medium used to store the media content; determining media content access rights based on analyzing the out-of-band token, the media content access rights associated with accessing the media content; determining media content copy rights on the out-of-band token, the media content copy rights associated with creating copies of the media content; and enabling access to the media content through the remote media player, the access associated with the determined media content access rights that includes accessing information and copying information.