Apparatus and method for an on demand data delivery system for the preview, selection, retrieval and reproduction at a remote location of previously recorded or programmed materials

• US 5,794,217 A
• Filed: 12/03/1996
• Issued: 08/11/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Digital On-Demand Incorporated (Super D Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Newleaf Entertainment Corporation
• Inventors: Allen, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): McElheny, Jr., Donald E.
• Application Number:
  US08/758,944
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 705/16, 705/17, 705/26, 705/27, 705/30, 705/1, 221/3, 348/7, 369/84, 369/85, 379/93.12, 379/101.01, 364/479.04, 364/479.05, 364/479.06, 455/4.2, 360/15
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2211/007 Encryption, En-/decode, En-/decipher, En-/decypher, Scramble, (De-)compress
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/305 for record players
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 : Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

An on demand data delivery system is provided for the manufacture of original content recordings at a remote location. A data capture facility for retrieving data from an item of material is connected to a data resampling means for compressing data which is accessible to a storage facility connected to a central host server. The central host server is connected to a communications network for communication to a remote server which controls a manufacturing control device connected thereto. The manufacturing control device duplicates original content recordings on blank media upon receipt of a data representation of the original content recording from the remote server which retrieves said data representation for a selected original content recording from the central host server over the communications network.

Claims

1. A method for distributing material comprising the step of:

retrieving item data corresponding to an item of material selected by a consumer from a host storage facility;

electronically distributing said item data associated with said item of material over a communications network; and

reproducing said item of material onto a media using said item data.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said method further comprises the step of:

compressing said item data prior and subsequent to said distributing step.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein said method further comprises the step of:

storing frequently accessed item data at a location where said consumer selects said item of material.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said reproducing step comprises the step of:

reproducing said item of material onto a CD, tape or electronic storage medium.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein said item of material comprises audio information.

6. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein said item of material comprises video information.

7. The method as recited in claim 5 wherein said reproducing step further comprises the step of:

reproducing packaging information associated with said audio information.