Secure personal content server
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Abstract
A local content server system (LCS) for creating a secure environment for digital content is disclosed, which system comprises: a communications port in communication for connecting the LCS via a network to at least one Secure Electronic Content Distributor (SECD), which SECD is capable of storing a plurality of data sets, is capable of receiving a request to transfer at least one content data set, and is capable of transmitting the at least one content data set in a secured transmission; a rewritable storage medium whereby content received from outside the LCS may be stored and retrieved; a domain processor that imposes rules and procedures for content being transferred between the LCS and devices outside the LCS; and a programmable address module which can be programmed with an identification code uniquely associated with the LCS. The LCS is provided with rules and procedures for accepting and transmitting content data.
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32 Claims
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1-31. -31. (canceled)
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32. A local content server system (LCS), comprising:
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a) an LES communications port;
an storage unit for storing digital data; and
an LCS domain processor for processing digital data; and
an LCS identification code uniquely associated with said LCS;wherein said LCS stores in said LCS storage unit a plurality of rules for processing a data set; wherein said LCS is configured to receive via said communications port a first data set that includes data defining first content; wherein said LCS is configured to use said domain processor to determine from inspection of said first data set, a first data set status value of said first data set to be at least one of unsecure, secure, and legacy; wherein said LCS is configured to use said first data set status value to determine which of a set of rules to apply to process said first data set prior to storage of a processed second data set resulting from processing of said first data set, in said LCS storage unit; wherein said LCS is configured to determine, at least in part from rights associated with a user identification associated with a prompt received by said LCS for said first content, a quality level at which to transmit said first content, wherein said quality level is one of at least unsecure, secure, and legacy; and transmitting said content at the determined quality level.
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