Patent ID: 7895311

Claim:
A computer implemented codec data system for use in a host computer for controlling proprietary content downloading to authorized destinations, said computer implemented codec data system comprising: identification means for distinguishing between a data carrier and data destination and for limiting the reception and access to actionable content to only destinations with appropriate license, said identification means also including means for allowing unlicensed carriers to transceive content without interference; encoding means for encapsulating licensed content in a heterogeneous file that stores distributed content in an independent file system readable only by a special daemon process; authorization means for controlling content access and distribution through an authorization server programmed to insure that licensed content is only distributed to appropriately licensed end users and also for enabling control accounts to dictate what their subordinate accounts may access or distribute over the network; means for leveraging local cluster multi-casting to allow all authorized clients within a specific cluster to receive data using a local node in such manner that many clients may obtain content from the same dataset at substantially the same time without congesting remote internet pathways; a best source seeking algorithm to insure that the closest available hosts with the best available bandwidth are always selected as content suppliers before random hosts of varying distance or speed; monitoring means for tracking performance from local client to remote peers in real time and logging the performance data to the host computer so that other clients may utilize the optimized routes and avoid downed, damaged or tainted pathways; and means for allowing the end user to copy content to a separable format zero or more times, with optimal serialization in accordance with acquired license.