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System and method for updating digital media content

  • US 8,122,466 B2
  • Filed: 01/11/2007
  • Issued: 02/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for updating digital content over a network comprising:

  • reading, with a media player assembly, at least one identifier of at least one media content disposed on a portable storage medium, wherein the portable storage medium includes a static menu listing at least one selectable item disposed on the portable storage medium in addition to the at least one media content;

    prompting a user to select an originator of the at least one media content from a list of retailers that is preloaded onto the portable storage medium;

    transmitting the at least one identifier and the selected originator information from the media player assembly to a remote server;

    receiving at the media player assembly at least one indication of supplemental content related to the at least one media content from the remote server;

    updating the menu to include the at least one indication, wherein the supplemental content includes branding information from the selected originator;

    receiving an instruction code from the remote server, wherein the instruction code instructs the media player assembly to not prompt the user to select the originator for any subsequent playback of the at least one media content, and wherein the instruction code updates the menu with information from the selected originator upon subsequent playing of the at least one media content; and

    presenting the menu on a display device coupled to the media player assembly.

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