Patent ID: 8433907

Claim:
A media distribution system comprising: an application server comprising: receiving means for receiving a request for a media object from a user equipment, verification means for verifying the authenticity of the received request, first generation means for generating a session-dependent key that is associated with a current session when the authenticity of the request is successfully verified, first sending means for sending the session-dependent key from the application server to a media server, wherein said media server encrypts the requested media object with the session-dependent key and sends the encrypted media object toward the user equipment, second generation means for generating a one-time player in which the session-dependent key is embedded wherein the one-time player can play back the requested media object that is associated with the session-dependent key only one time, and second sending means for sending the one-time player from the application server to the user equipment, which enables said user equipment to decrypt and decode the encrypted media object that is sent from the media server.