MOBILE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION WITH DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

• US 20120005041A1
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Mehta, Japan A., Kassam, Shafiq, Ruiz-Velasco, Enrique, Zafar, Shahzaib
• Application Number:
  US12/826,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20120005041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A server distributes, to a mobile device, a catalog of available digital content and receives, from the mobile device, a request to download multiple digital content files based on the catalog. The server sends, to the mobile device, the multiple digital content files, where the each of the multiple digital content files includes access restrictions to prevent unauthorized rendering. The server receives, from the mobile device, a request to render one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device and determines whether rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device is authorized. The server sends, to the mobile device, information to enable rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files if the mobile device is authorized and applies charges, to a user account associated with the mobile device, based on the sending the information to enable the rendering.

Claims

1. A method performed by a server, comprising:

receiving, by the server and from a mobile device, a request to download pre-selected content;

sending, by the server and to the mobile device, the pre-selected content, where the pre-selected content includes access restrictions to prevent unauthorized rendering;

receiving, by the server and from the mobile device, a request to render the pre-selected content on the mobile device;

obtaining, by the server and from the mobile device, credentials of the mobile device;

determining, by the server and from the mobile device, whether the credentials are acceptable for rendering the content;

sending, by the server and to the mobile device, information to enable rendering of the pre-selected content if the credentials are acceptable for rendering the content; and

applying, by the server, charges to a user account associated with the mobile device based on the rendering of the pre-selected content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the server and to a mobile device, a listing of content options.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encrypting, by the server, the pre-selected content prior to sending the pre-selected content to the mobile device; and

decrypting, by the mobile device, the pre-selected content.

4. The method of claim 1, where the sending the pre-selected content is conducted using a high bandwidth network connection to the mobile device, and where the sending the information to enable rendering of the pre-selected content is conducted using a lower bandwidth network connection to the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, by the server, the user account associated with the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, where the pre-selected content includes an expiration date and instructions for the mobile device to delete the pre-selected content at the expiration date.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying charges, by the server, to the user account associated with the mobile device based on a failure to account for the pre-selected content within a particular time period.

8. The method of claim 1, where the information to enable rendering of the pre-selected content includes a rights object.

9. The method of claim 1, where the information to enable rendering of the pre-selected content includes a license key.

10. One or more devices, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to;

distribute, to a mobile device, a catalog of available digital content,

receive, from the mobile device, a request to download multiple digital content files based on the catalog,

send, to the mobile device, the multiple digital content files, where each of the multiple digital content files includes access restrictions to prevent unauthorized rendering by the mobile device,

receive, from the mobile device, a request to render one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device,

determine whether rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device is authorized,

send, to the mobile device, information to enable rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files if the mobile device is authorized, and

apply, to a user account associated with the mobile device, charges based on the sending the information to enable rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files.

11. The one or more devices of claim 10, where the processor further executes instructions to:

receive the digital content from a source media client, and

send the digital content to the requesting media client over a closed content delivery channel.

12. The one or more devices of claim 10, where the memory further stores the user account information associated with the mobile device, and where the processor further executes instructions to update the user account information based on the sending the multiple digital content files.

13. The one or more devices of claim 10, where the processor further is to execute the instructions to:

apply charges to the user account information based on a failure to account for another one of the multiple digital content files within a particular time period.

14. The one or more devices of claim 10, where the credentials of the mobile device include:

a unique identifier for the mobile device.

15. The one or more devices of claim 10, where the information to enable rendering of the multiple digital content files includes one of a rights object or a license key.

16. A method performed by a server, comprising:

receiving, by the server and from the mobile device, a request to download multiple digital content files;

obtaining, by the server and from the mobile device, credentials of the mobile device;

determining, by the server and from the mobile device, whether the credentials are acceptable for allowing rendering of the multiple digital content files;

sending, by the server and to the mobile device, the multiple digital content files, where each of the multiple digital content files includes access restrictions to prevent unauthorized rendering;

sending, by the server and to the mobile device, information to enable rendering of each of the multiple digital content files if the credentials are acceptable for allowing rendering the content;

receiving, by the server and from the mobile device, a notification that one of the multiple digital content files has been rendered on the mobile device; and

applying, by the server, charges to a user account associated with the mobile device based on the notification.

17. The method of claim 16, where the notification that one of the multiple digital content files has been rendered on the mobile device is included as part of a synchronization session between the server and the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

applying charges, by the server, to the user account associated with the mobile device if one of the multiple digital content files is unaccounted for within a particular time period.

19. One or more devices, comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to;

receive, from the mobile device, a request to download multiple digital content files,

send, to the mobile device, the multiple digital content files, where the each of the multiple digital content files includes access restrictions to prevent unauthorized rendering by the mobile device,

determine, whether rendering of each of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device is authorized,

send, to the mobile device, information to enable rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files if rendering of each of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device is authorized, and

receive, from the mobile device, a notification that one of the multiple digital content files has been rendered on the mobile device, and

apply, to a user account associated with the mobile device, charges based on the sending the information to enable rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files.

20. The one or more devices of claim 19, where the processor further is to execute the instructions to:

store, in the memory, a record of each of the multiple digital content files sent to the mobile device, and

apply, to the user account, a fee when one of the multiple digital content files is unaccounted for within a particular time period.