Patent ID: 8108312

Claim:
A method for accessing content stored on a tangible storage media comprising: receiving the tangible storage media with a media access device; determining, with the media access device, that the media access device does not include content control information used to access the content stored on the tangible storage media; the media access device sending a request to a content control apparatus for the content control information, the request sent via a mobile communication terminal connected to a mobile communication network; the content control apparatus receiving the request for content control information and requesting subscriber information associated with the mobile communication terminal from a gateway server in communication with the mobile communication network; the gateway server receiving the request for subscriber information and sending at least a portion of the subscriber information associated with the mobile communication terminal to the content control apparatus; and the content control apparatus sending control information associated with the content stored on the tangible storage media via the mobile communication terminal to the media access device based upon the request for the content control information and the subscriber information associated with the mobile communication terminal.