Patent ID: 7497381

Claim:
A system for permitting a user to access media selections stored on a remote storage medium, comprising: a resolving station being electronically linked to a remote station from which a user transmits a request for access to a selected data composition, said request comprising user identification information and a code corresponding to said selected data composition to which access is desired, said resolving station comprising: storage means for storing information regarding a plurality of data compositions, said information comprising information regarding access authorized for each of said plurality of data compositions and accounting information for each of said plurality of data compositions; receiving means for accepting from a user said request for access to a selected data composition; means for verifying, based on identification information provided by said user and said code corresponding to said selected data composition, whether or not said user is authorized for access to said selected data composition; means for implementing, based on said accounting information regarding said selected data composition and said code corresponding to said selected data composition, a predetermined accounting process for access by said user to said selected data composition, if said user is authorized for said access to said selected data composition; and transmission means for transmitting information regarding authorization of said user to access said selected data composition and the result, if any, of said accounting process for said selected data composition.