Patent ID: 7076467

Claim:
A system for providing access to primary media content in digital form, comprising: a server network comprising a download management server, a customer database storing user information, and a primary content database storing primary media content; a client console connectable for establishing a communications link through a bi-directional communications network to said download management server, the client console storing user specific information; a detachable storage media installable in said client console, said detachable storage media having a media identifier, wherein the media identifier is combined with the user specific information to define a user identifier that is uploaded to said download management server to enable access only to a specified content in said primary media content database, said specified content and said user information is downloaded to said client console, the specified content being associated with billing trigger data to enable monitoring of when specific portions of the specified content is accessed for use at said client console, the monitoring being configured to generate a record of used content, the record of used content being communicated back to the management server to record a revenue bearing event in the customer database; whereby said specified content is associated with an authentication code for authenticating access to the download management server and said specified content may comprise a portion of an overall set of primary contents stored in said contents database, and whereby said authentication code authenticates access to the download management server for providing access to said specified content.