Mobile memory system for secure storage and delivery of media content
First Claim
1. A non-volatile rewritable memory device, said device having a secure memory area and at least another memory area, said device comprising:
- one or more content encryption key(s) stored in the secure memory area;
content stored in a memory area of the device, said content including a first set of media titles that have been encrypted by means of the content encryption key(s), selected portions of the media titles in the first set and/or lower quality versions of such titles being accessible without restriction; and
a controller controlling access to the media titles in the first set.
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Abstract
The memory device contains control structures that allow media content to be stored securely and distributed in a manner envisioned by the content owner, or service providers involved in the distribution. A wide variety of different avenues become available for distributing media content using such memory devices, such as where the devices contain one or more of the following: abridged preview media content, encrypted unabridged media content, prepaid content, rights and/or rules governing access to such content. The memory device has a type of control structures that enable a service provider (who can also be the content owner) to create a secure environment for media content distribution where end users and terminals register with the service provider, and gain access to the content in a manner controlled by the service provider. The various components to be loaded (e.g. abridged preview media content, encrypted unabridged media content, prepaid content, rights and/or rules governing access to such content) may be generated and loaded in a secure and efficient manner.
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75 Claims
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1. A non-volatile rewritable memory device, said device having a secure memory area and at least another memory area, said device comprising:
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one or more content encryption key(s) stored in the secure memory area;
content stored in a memory area of the device, said content including a first set of media titles that have been encrypted by means of the content encryption key(s), selected portions of the media titles in the first set and/or lower quality versions of such titles being accessible without restriction; and
a controller controlling access to the media titles in the first set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-volatile rewritable memory device, said device comprising:
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a first memory area for storing encrypted media content, and a second secure memory area for storing one or more control structures;
a system agent stored in the device, said agent enabling a service provider to create a control structure in the secure memory area of the device for controlling access to encrypted content stored in the first memory area; and
a controller that communicates with the service provider in a session to create the control structure in the secure memory area of the device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A non-volatile rewritable memory device, said device comprising:
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a first memory area for storing encrypted media content, and a second secure memory area for storing one or more control structures;
a system agent stored in the device, said agent having the capability to enable a service provider to create a control structure in the secure memory area of the device for controlling access to encrypted content stored in the first memory area; and
a controller that is capable of communicating with the service provider in a session to create the control structure in the secure memory area of the device.
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52. A non-volatile rewritable memory device storing media titles that can be rendered by a plurality of hosts, said device comprising:
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a first memory area for storing encrypted media titles, and a second secure memory area for storing control information that control access to the encrypted media titles, said control information including information on one or more accounts, each account associated with a set of encrypted media titles stored in the first memory area, each account having corresponding credentials;
a control structure stored in the secure memory area, said control structure permitting the set of encrypted media titles associated with a particular account to be visible and accessible only to a user who presents credentials corresponding to such account; and
a controller that communicates with the hosts and checks credentials presented by the hosts to determine whether encrypted media titles associated with a particular account should be visible and accessible. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55)
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56. A non-volatile rewritable memory card, said card having a memory area, said card comprising:
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media content stored in the memory area of the card, said content including only selected unencrypted portions of at least some media titles or lower quality unencrypted versions of such media titles; and
a controller that enables access to the media content stored in the card, said controller enabling said media content to be rendered by means of a host. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A non-volatile rewritable memory card, said card having a memory area, said card comprising:
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media content stored in the memory area of the card, said content including at least some media titles encrypted using one or more content encryption key(s); and
a controller that enables access to the first content stored in the card when said one or more content encryption key(s) are provided to the card. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A non-volatile rewritable memory card, said card having a memory area, said card comprising:
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a secure memory area; and
one or more content encryption key(s) and rights and/or rules involving encrypted content stored in the card, wherein the rights and/or rules are stored in the secure memory area. - View Dependent Claims (69)
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70. A non-volatile rewritable memory device, comprising:
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a first memory area for storing encrypted media content;
a second secure memory area; and
at least one rights object stored in the second memory area for controlling access to encrypted media content stored in the first memory area;
wherein said second memory area is accessible for backup and restoration of said at least one rights object only by authorized applications. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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Specification