Patent ID: 8424104

Claim:
A computer implemented method to provide a specific traveler with mobile access to a digital media library, the computer implemented method comprising: monitoring, by a processor, a plurality of registration stations, wherein the plurality of registration stations are utilized to acknowledge arrivals and departures of travelers; creating a transient digital rights management (DRM) certificate for the specific traveler; creating an access code for the transient DRM certificate; in response to detecting the specific traveler checking in at a pre-determined registration station from the plurality of registration stations and in response to a travel monitoring computer receiving the access code from the specific traveler, issuing the transient DRM certificate to the specific traveler, the pre-determined registration station and a digital media player, wherein the transient DRM certificate is only valid for as long as the specific traveler is on a particular flight in order to grant the specific traveler access to a pre-defined digital media library; and in response to detecting the specific traveler checking in at the pre-determined registration station from the plurality of registration stations, transmitting contents of the pre-defined digital media library to the digital media player for use by the specific traveler.