Method of Providing Digital Rights Management for Music Content by Means of a Flat-Rate Subscription
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Abstract
The invention enables digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. An application running on the wireless device has been automatically adapted to parameters associated with the wireless device without end-user input (e.g. the application has been configured in dependence on the device OS and firmware, related bugs, screen size, pixel number, security models, connection handling, memory etc. This application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network and to playback and manage that downloaded music content. The application also includes a digital rights management system that enables unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device and also enables any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as a subscription service has not terminated.
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74 Claims
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51. A portable wireless computing device programmed with a software application that enables digital music content to be downloaded and used on the computing device;
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(a) the application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; and
to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network; and(b) the application includes or interacts with a digital rights management program whose operation can be remotely configured (i) to enable unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device whilst a subscription service between the device and the remote server is valid for the device or user associated with that device and (ii) to enable any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as the subscription service has not terminated. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A software application for a portable wireless computing device and that enables digital music content to be downloaded and used on the computing device;
- in which;
(a) the application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; and
to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network; and(b) the application includes or interacts with a digital rights management program whose operation can be remotely configured (i) to enable unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device whilst a subscription service between the device and the remote server is valid for the device or user associated with that device and (ii) to enable any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as the subscription service has not terminated.
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