METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A PERSONAL MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ARCHIVE

• US 20120036041A1
• Filed: 08/09/2010
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sandisk Technologies Incorporated (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Western Digital Technologies Incorporated (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Hesselink, Lambertus
• Granted Patent: US 10,019,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.25
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0607 Regulated

Abstract

The embodiments provide for legally transferring multimedia content stored on a medium to a personal content archive device. The device is configured to consolidate a user'"'"'s content into a single device or secured storage that allows easy access to the content while preserving the digital rights of the content. When a content medium has been provided, the device queries a registration service over a network, such as the Internet, to register the content and indicate that it was legitimately obtained. The device may then be authorized to download and store an authorized version of the content into its secured storage. The authorized version may be the same or a variation of the registered content. The content may then be downloaded from one or more content sources. The registration process may be based on several criteria, such as an authenticity check of the medium, a fee payment, and the like.

Claims

1. A personal content archive device configured to consolidate multimedia content for a user, said personal archive device comprising:

an input interface for receiving a signal indicating when multimedia content stored on a medium has been received;

a secured storage configured to protect information based on at least one digital rights management scheme;

a network interface capable of communicating with a registration service over a network; and

a processor, configured by instructions, to recognize receipt of the multimedia content medium based on the signal from the input interface, register the multimedia content medium with the registration service, and request download of an authorized version of the multimedia content into the secured storage.

2. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the input interface for receiving the signal indicating when multimedia content has been received comprises an input configured to receive a signal from a digital video disk (“

DVD”

) drive coupled to the personal archive device.

3. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the input interface for receiving the signal indicating when multimedia content has been received comprises an input configured to receive a signal from a blu-ray disc (“

BD”

) drive coupled to the personal archive device.

4. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the secured storage is a hard disk drive integrated within the personal archive device.

5. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the secured storage is a network attached storage device.

6. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the network interface is a wireless interface that is configured to communicate with the registration service.

7. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the network interface is a wired interface that is configured to communicate with the registration service.

8. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to register the multimedia content medium based on a user response.

9. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to register the multimedia content medium based on information from an account for a user.

10. The personal archive device of claim 1, wherein the network interface is configured to communicate with a content provider to download the multimedia content upon registration of the multimedia content.

11. A system of consolidating content of a user onto a personal content archive device, said system comprising:

a registration service configured to register multimedia content that has been obtained by the user; and

a personal content archive device configured to communicate with the registration service, query the registration service upon detecting input of a medium obtained by the user on which multimedia content has been stored, and register the multimedia content that has been obtained by the user with the registration service, wherein the personal archive device is configured to download an authorized version of the multimedia content to a secured storage coupled to the personal archive device based on the registration of the multimedia content.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a database coupled to the registration service that comprises information indicating multimedia content that has been obtained by the user and stored on the personal archive device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the personal archive device is configured to trigger a purchase transaction that is recorded in the database upon registration of the multimedia content with the registration service.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the personal archive device is configured to detect insertion of a digital video disk (“

DVD”

) having multimedia content obtained by the user.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the personal archive device is configured to detect insertion of a blu-ray disc (“

BD”

) having multimedia content obtained by the user.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the personal archive device is configured to protect the multimedia content stored in the secured storage based on at least one digital rights management scheme.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the personal archive device is configured to download the multimedia content from a content provider based on the registration of the multimedia content medium.

18. A method of legitimately transferring multimedia content from a medium to a personal archive device, said method comprising:

recognizing an input of the multimedia content medium that has been obtained by the user;

registering, by the personal archive device, the multimedia content with a registration service; and

selectively downloading an authorized version of the multimedia content in to a secured storage coupled to the personal archive device based on the registration of the multimedia content, wherein the authorized version stored in the secured storage is protected by a digital rights management scheme.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein recognizing input of the multimedia content medium comprises recognizing input of a digital video disk (“

DVD”

) containing multimedia content obtained by the user.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein recognizing input of the multimedia content medium comprises recognizing input of a blu-ray disc (“

BD”

) containing multimedia content obtained by the user.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein selectively downloading the authorized version of the multimedia content to the secured storage comprises receiving a purchase authorization from a user.