Patent ID: 8763146

Claim:
A method, of a server, for vending digital media via a computer network to a consumer, the method comprising: selecting a title at a server for consumption via the computer network; rendering a first instance of encumbered digital media at the server with a first renderer being a special purpose application specific to the first instance; dynamically generating a new and unique encumbered instance of the encumbered digital media at the server, which is a second instance of the encumbered digital media, the encumbered digital media corresponding to the selected title; dynamically generating at the server a second renderer for the second instance, the second renderer being an application specific to the second instance and the second renderer being a product of the first renderer operating on the first instance; vending the second instance and the second renderer from the server to at least one consumer via the computer network; dynamically generating at the server a third renderer for a third instance, the third renderer being an application specific to the third instance and the third renderer being a product of the first renderer operating on the first instance; vending the third instance and the third renderer from the server to at least one consumer via the computer network; wherein the second renderer is only operable to render the second instance on a particular system profile, the system profile comprising a dynamic object representation of hardware, software, firmware, configuration settings, and data; and wherein the first renderer is inoperable to render the second and third instances.