Digital rights management and payment for a file download

• US 20060075455A1
• Filed: 10/20/2005
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Malik, Dale, Koch, Robert
• Application Number:
  US11/254,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20060075455A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/135
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2542 for selling goods, e.g. TV shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26613 for generating or managing keys in general key distribution for secret or secure communication involving central third party, e.g. key distribution center [KDC] or trusted third party [TTP] H04L9/083; network support of key management H04L63/06; key management for network security in communication control or processing H04W12/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43622 Interfacing an external recording device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/835 Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A method for implementing interactive content-based activities, including: selecting a content identifier in response to a broadcast, the content identifier associated with the broadcast; initiating a request for a download via the content identifier, the content identifier being mapped to the activity wherein initiating the request includes a digital rights management function; and downloading a file associated with the content identifier.

Claims

1. A method for implementing interactive content-based activities comprising:

selecting a content identifier in response to a broadcast, the content identifier associated with the broadcast;

initiating a request for a download via the content identifier, the content identifier being mapped to the activity wherein initiating said request comprises a digital rights management function; and

downloading a file associated with the content identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising making a payment for the download responsive to the request and the digital rights management function.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said making the payment for the download comprises charging a credit card.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein said making the payment for the download comprises debiting a prepaid account.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said digital rights management function comprises assigning a digital rights management key associated with the content identifier and the request for the activity.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the digital rights management key allows for unlimited distribution of the file.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the digital rights management key restricts the number of times the file is duplicated and distributed.

8. The method of claim 5 comprising:

downloading the digital rights management key; and

transmitting the digital rights management key to a broadcast host system.

9. The method of claim 2 comprising:

making a payment for the file associated with the content identifier wherein the payment may be made before, during, or after downloading the file associated with the content identifier.

10. The method of claim 5 wherein said digital rights management key associated with the content identifier is determined responsive to a payment for the activity.

11. A computer program product for establishing a trusted network, the computer program product comprising:

a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method comprising;

selecting a content identifier in response to a broadcast, the content identifier associated with the broadcast;

initiating a request for a download of a file via the content identifier, the content identifier being mapped to the activity wherein said file comprises a digital rights management key; and

downloading said file associated with the content identifier.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the method comprises making a payment for the download responsive to the request and the digital rights management function.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein said digital rights management function comprises assigning a digital rights management key associated with the content identifier and the request for the activity.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein said digital rights management key allows for unlimited distribution of the file.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein said digital rights management key restricts the duplication and distribution of the file.

16. A system for implementing interactive content-based activities comprising:

means for selecting a content identifier in response to a broadcast, the content identifier associated with the broadcast;

means for initiating a request for a download, the content identifier being mapped to the activity wherein means for initiating said request comprises means for digital rights management; and

means for downloading a file associated with the content identifier.

17. The system of claim 16 comprising means for making a payment for the download responsive to the request for the download and the means for digital rights management.

18. The system of claim 16 comprising means for downloading the digital rights management key.

19. The system of claim 16 comprising means for transmitting the digital rights management key to a broadcast host system.

20. The system of claim 16 comprising means for transmitting the content identifier to a broadcast host system.