Digital information library and delivery system

• US 7,917,643 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Audible Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Audible Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jun, Benjamin Che-Ming, Galkin, Alexander, Story, Guy, Grebnev, Igor, Wolfish, Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia; Rupal D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Van Kim T
• Application Number:
  US10/986,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074985A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,328 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a computer system that can transfer a digital information file to a removable media storage. The digital information file can include targeting information, which may include combined descrambling information and information identifying a mobile playback device. The mobile playback device can render the targeted digital information file if the information identifying the mobile playback device included in the targeting information corresponds to an identifier of the mobile playback device, so as to allow the mobile playback device to descramble the targeted digital information file using the descrambling information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

under the control of one or more computing devices,

transferring at least one targeted digital information file to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the at least one targeted digital information file includes a targeted header, wherein the targeted header includes a descrambling map that is encrypted using information indicative of a player identifier, and wherein the at least one targeted digital information file on the removable media storage is rendered by a mobile device having the player identifier, only if the information indicative of the identifier used to encrypt the descrambling map of the targeted header corresponds to the player identifier of the mobile device so as to allow the mobile device to descramble the at least one targeted digital information file using the descrambling map.

2. The computer-implemented method in claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a playback device, and wherein the information indicative of the player identifier used to encrypt the descrambling map of the targeted header corresponds to a player group identifier.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one digital information file is transferred to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a portion of a plurality of digital information files is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions to cause a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

transferring at least one targeted digital information file to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein at least one targeted digital information file includes a targeted header, wherein the targeted header includes information identifying a mobile playback device combined with encryption information, and wherein the at least one targeted digital information file on the removable media storage is rendered by the mobile playback device, only if the information identifying the mobile playback device in the targeted header of the at least one digital information file corresponds to at least one of the identifiers of the mobile playback device so as to allow the mobile playback device to decrypt the at least one targeted digital information file, and wherein the one or more identifiers comprise an identifier that identifies a group of two or more mobile playback devices.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the one or more identifiers comprise a player identifier.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the at least one digital information file is transferred to fixed storage on the mobile playback device prior to rendering.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein a portion of a plurality of digital information files is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

9. A computer system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and

a process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to transfer at least one targeted digital information file to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein at least one targeted digital information file includes targeting information, wherein the targeting information includes information identifying a mobile playback device combined with a descrambling map, and wherein the at least one targeted digital information file on the removable media storage is rendered by the mobile playback device, only if the information identifying the mobile playback device included in the targeting information corresponds to at least one of the identifiers of the mobile playback device so as to allow the mobile playback device to descramble the at least one targeted digital information file using the descrambling map, and wherein the one or more identifiers comprise an identifier that identifies a group of two or more mobile playback devices.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more identifiers comprise a player identifier.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one digital information file is transferred to fixed storage on the mobile playback device prior to rendering.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein a portion of a plurality of digital information files is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

13. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a targeted digital information file; and

means for transferring the targeted digital information file to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the targeted digital information file includes a targeted header within the file, wherein the targeted header includes combined encryption and device identification information, and wherein the targeted digital information file on the removable media storage is rendered by a mobile device having one or more identifiers, only if the device identification information included in the targeted header of the targeted digital information file corresponds to at least one of the identifiers of the mobile device so as to allow the mobile device to decrypt the targeted digital information file, and wherein the one or more identifiers comprise an identifier that identifies a group of two or more mobile devices.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising means for targeting the digital information file using a player identifier.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising means for targeting the digital information file using a player group identifier.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising means for transferring the digital information file to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

17. A computer based library and information delivery system comprising:

a computer system connectable to a public network, the computer system including logic for transferring targeted digital programming content to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the targeted digital program content includes a targeted header within the content, wherein the targeted header includes combined encryption and device identification information; and

at least one mobile device having one or more identifiers;

wherein the one or more identifiers comprise an identifier that identifies a group of two or more mobile devices, and

wherein the at least one mobile device includes;

logic for reading the targeted digital programming content from the removable media storage; and

logic for rendering the targeted digital programming content to a user only if the device identification information of the targeted header in the digital programming content corresponds to at least one of the identifiers of the at least one mobile device, so as to allow the at least one mobile device to decrypt the targeted digital program content.

19. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 17, wherein the digital programming content is transferred to fixed storage on the mobile device prior to rendering.

20. The computer based library and information delivery system of claim 17, wherein a portion of the digital programming content is transferred to the removable media storage depending on storage space available in the removable media storage.

18. A computer based library and information delivery system comprising:

a computer system connectable to a public network, the computer system including logic for transferring targeted digital programming content to a removable media storage through a media reader/writer interface, wherein the targeted digital programming content includes targeting information including information identifying a mobile device combined with a descrambling map, and the computer system further including logic for rendering the targeted digital programming content by the mobile device only if at least one identifier of the mobile device corresponds to the information identifying the mobile device included in the targeting information of the digital programming content, and wherein the digital programming content is targeted to the mobile device using the information identifying the mobile device included in the targeting information, said comprising an identifier that identifies a group of two or more mobile devices.