Digital information library and delivery system

• US 20060074985A1
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audible Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Audible Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jun, Benjamin Che-Ming, Galkin, Alexander, Story, Guy, Grebnev, Igor, Wolfish, Howard
• Granted Patent: US 7,917,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library and information delivery system for accessing and obtaining selected digital information files. The library and information delivery system comprises: 1) a library server having a plurality of digital information files; 2) a client computer system coupled to the library server over a network; and 3) a mobile device removably connectable to the client computer system, the client computer system including logic for requesting a download of a selected one or more of the digital information files from the library server, the client computer system further including logic for downloading the selected one or more of the digital information files to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transferring targeted digital information files to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the targeted digital information files on the removable media storage are rendered by a mobile device only if the targeting information corresponds to the mobile device.

2. The method in claim 1, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a player ID.

3. The method in claim 1, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a player group ID.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital information files are transferred to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a portion of the digital information files is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

6. A machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

transferring targeted digital information files to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the targeted digital information files on the removable media storage are rendered by a mobile device only if the targeting information corresponds to the mobile device.

7. The machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a player ID.

8. The machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a player group ID.

9. The machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the digital information files are transferred to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein a portion of the digital information files is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

11. A computer system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and

a process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to transfer targeted digital information files to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the targeted digital information files on the removable media storage are rendered by a mobile device only if the targeting information corresponds to the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a player ID.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a player group ID.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the digital information files are transferred to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein a portion of the digital information files is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

16. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving targeted digital information files; and

means for transferring the targeted digital information files to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the targeted digital information files on the removable media storage are rendered by a mobile device only if the targeting information corresponds to the mobile device.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising targeting the digital information files using a player ID.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising targeting the digital information files using a player group ID.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising transferring the digital information files to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising transferring a portion of the digital information files to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

21. A computer based library and information delivery system comprising:

a computer system connectable to a public network, the computer system including logic for transferring targeted digital programming content to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface.

22. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 21, further comprising a mobile device including:

logic for reading the targeted digital programming content from the removable media storage; and

logic for rendering the targeted digital programming content to a user if the mobile device corresponds to the targeting information in the content.

23. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 21, further comprising logic for rendering the targeted digital programming content by a mobile device if the mobile device corresponds to the targeting information in the content.

24. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 21, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a group ID.

25. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 21, wherein the digital information files are targeted using a player group ID.

26. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 21, wherein the digital information files are transferred to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

27. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 21, wherein a portion of the digital information files is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.