Patent ID: 8649513

Claim:
A method for converting non-copy protected data into copy protected data, said method comprising: extracting, at a first network device using a first processor of the first network device, data parts of said non-copy protected data from an electronic memory of said first network device on which said non-copy protected data is stored, wherein: said non-copy protected data includes data structure data, controlling data and a content data, said data parts include said data structure data or said controlling data, or both said data structure data and said controlling data, said content data and said controlling data are embedded into data structures defined by said data structure data, said content data is accessible or processable using a processor and said controlling data, said data structure data defines a layout of information areas, and said controlling data includes navigation data to selectively access or process specific parts of said content data; transferring said data parts via a first communication network from said first network device to a second network device and storing said data parts onto an electronic memory of said second network device using a processor of said second network device; generating modified data parts at said second network device with said processor of said second network device in dependence on said data parts supplied to said second network device, said modified data parts including modified data structure data and modified controlling data; transferring said modified data parts via a second communication network from said second network device to a third network device; transferring said content data of said non-copy protected data from said first network device to said third network device; and generating, at said third network device using a processor of said third network device, said copy protected data by embedding said content data of said non-copy protected data transferred from said first network device and said modified controlling data transferred from said second network device into modified data structures being defined by said modified data structure data transferred from said second network device and recording said copy protected data onto an electronic memory of said third network device, wherein said generating said copy protected data is performed by said processor of said third network device using assembling software that is prepared by said second network device and that is transferred from said second network device to said third network device.