Media Burning Terminal and System for Providing Digital Content
First Claim
1. Media burning terminal having an account comprising:
- a user interface for receiving a user input requesting a specified piece of digital content;
a network interface for communicating with a clearing-house server managing the account and for communicating with a license server;
a recorder for recording digital content on a portable medium; and
a controller for reading the user input;
communicating with the clearing-house server for ordering a license for the specified piece of digital content using the account;
receiving the license from the license server;
decrypting the specified piece of digital content using the license; and
controlling the recorder so that the recorder records the decrypted specified piece of digital content on the portable medium.
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Abstract
A media burning terminal having an account comprises a user interface for receiving a user input requesting a specified piece of digital content and further comprises a network interface for communicating with a clearing-house server managing the account, and for communicating with a license server. The media burning terminal further comprises a recorder for recording digital content on a portable medium and a controller for reading the user input, communicating with the clearing-house server for ordering a license for the specified piece of digital content using the account, for receiving the license from the license server, and for decrypting the specified piece of digital content using the license and controlling the recorder so that the recorder records the decrypted specified piece of digital content on the portable medium.
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25 Claims
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1. Media burning terminal having an account comprising:
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a user interface for receiving a user input requesting a specified piece of digital content;
a network interface for communicating with a clearing-house server managing the account and for communicating with a license server;
a recorder for recording digital content on a portable medium; and
a controller for reading the user input;
communicating with the clearing-house server for ordering a license for the specified piece of digital content using the account;
receiving the license from the license server;
decrypting the specified piece of digital content using the license; and
controlling the recorder so that the recorder records the decrypted specified piece of digital content on the portable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23)
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16. Method for providing a specified piece of digital content at a media burning terminal, having an account, comprising
a user interface for receiving a user input requesting the specified piece of digital content; -
a network interface for communicating with a. clearing-house server managing the account and for communicating with a license server;
a recorder for recording digital content on a portable medium; and
a controller;
the method comprising the steps of;
reading the user input;
communicating with the clearing-house server for ordering a license for the specified piece of digital content using the account;
receiving the license from a license server;
decrypting the specified piece of digital content using the license; and
controlling the recorder so that the recorder records the decrypted specified piece of digital content on the portable medium. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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17. System for providing a specified piece of digital content, comprising
a communication network; -
a content server being coupled to a communication network for providing encrypted digital content;
a clearing-house server being coupled to the communication network, for receiving license orders from a media burning terminal, for managing account data and for issuing a license to a license server;
the license server being coupled to the communication network, for receiving the license from the clearing-house server and for providing the received license to the media burning terminal; and
the media burning terminal being coupled to the communication network for ordering the license for the specified piece of digital content from the clearing-house server, for receiving the license from the license server, for downloading an encrypted version of the specified piece of digital content from the content server, for decrypting the encrypted version of the specified piece of digital content based on the license and for provision of the specified piece of digital content to a user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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24. Method for transferring a specified piece of digital content in a system comprising a communication network, a content server being coupled to the communication network for providing encrypted digital content, the clearing-house server being coupled to the communication network for receiving a license order from a media burning terminal, for managing account data, and for issuing a license to a license server;
- the license server being connected to the communication network, for receiving the license from the clearing-house server and for providing the license to the media burning terminal; and
the media burning terminal being connected to the communication network, the method comprising the following steps;
requesting the specified piece of digital content from the media burning terminal to the clearing-house server;
downloading an encrypted version of the specified piece of digital content from the content server in parallel;
issuing the license from the clearing-house server to the license server;
accounting for the License at the clearing-house server;
providing the license from the license server to the media burning terminal;
decrypt and provide the specified piece of content at the media burning terminal to a user.
- the license server being connected to the communication network, for receiving the license from the clearing-house server and for providing the license to the media burning terminal; and
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