Method and apparatus for delivering percepta
First Claim
1. A method for sideloading percepta soft assets onto a communications device, wherein the percepta soft assets include an ipselecta subset that is available and ready-to-use, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first master panoplex, wherein the first master panoplex includes an installed superset of percepta soft assets and also includes directory information of the superset of percepta soft assets;
separating data of the first master panoplex into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes at least a subset of the directory information, and wherein the second portion lacks at least a subset of the directory information;
storing the second portion of the first master panoplex in a master storage medium that is configured to store a plurality of second portions of panoplexes, including the second portion of the first master panoplex;
storing the first portion of the first master panoplex separate from the second portion of the first master panoplex;
copying the second portion of the first master panoplex onto an end-user storage medium of the communications device, without copying the separated first portion of the first master panoplex, in a form that obscures and prevents access to the superset of the first master panoplex on the end-user storage medium unless or until a gryphing operation is performed on the end-user storage medium;
after the copying, operatively connecting the end-user storage medium to the communications device;
receiving ipselecta-relicta selection data that distinguishes an ipselecta subset of the superset of percepta soft assets from a relicta subset of the superset of percepta soft assets, wherein the ipselecta subset includes a selected set of the percepta soft-assets and the relicta subset includes a non-selected set of the percepta soft-assets;
charging a monetary amount corresponding to the ipselecta subset to an end user of the communications device;
gryphing the panoplex by retrieving the first portion of the first master panoplex, processing the retrieved first portion of the first master panoplex on a basis of the received ipselecta-relicta selection data and culling the relicta subset, wherein as a result of the gryphing the relicta subset are unavailable for use and residual indicia of the relicta subset remain on the storage medium; and
storing the processed first portion of the first master panoplex to the end-user storage medium.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for obtaining a storage medium with a deeply customizable set of installed content. Soft assets (e.g., programs, songs, videos, etc.) that form the content are selected from among a much larger set of preinstalled soft assets previously stored on storage media, such as disk drives. In some embodiments, based on a user'"'"'s selections, the non-selected assets are permanently erased from a storage medium, while the remaining assets are available as installed (wherein substantially no further processing is required to install them). In some embodiments, a new device uses the storage medium to provide its user with a fully functional device without the need to separately install the soft assets from a plurality of sources (e.g., from program-distribution CDROMS and the like). Some embodiments include the storage medium having the soft assets installed, and including a program that elicits selections from a user and erases non-selected assets.
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1. A method for sideloading percepta soft assets onto a communications device, wherein the percepta soft assets include an ipselecta subset that is available and ready-to-use, the method comprising:
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obtaining a first master panoplex, wherein the first master panoplex includes an installed superset of percepta soft assets and also includes directory information of the superset of percepta soft assets; separating data of the first master panoplex into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes at least a subset of the directory information, and wherein the second portion lacks at least a subset of the directory information; storing the second portion of the first master panoplex in a master storage medium that is configured to store a plurality of second portions of panoplexes, including the second portion of the first master panoplex; storing the first portion of the first master panoplex separate from the second portion of the first master panoplex; copying the second portion of the first master panoplex onto an end-user storage medium of the communications device, without copying the separated first portion of the first master panoplex, in a form that obscures and prevents access to the superset of the first master panoplex on the end-user storage medium unless or until a gryphing operation is performed on the end-user storage medium; after the copying, operatively connecting the end-user storage medium to the communications device; receiving ipselecta-relicta selection data that distinguishes an ipselecta subset of the superset of percepta soft assets from a relicta subset of the superset of percepta soft assets, wherein the ipselecta subset includes a selected set of the percepta soft-assets and the relicta subset includes a non-selected set of the percepta soft-assets; charging a monetary amount corresponding to the ipselecta subset to an end user of the communications device; gryphing the panoplex by retrieving the first portion of the first master panoplex, processing the retrieved first portion of the first master panoplex on a basis of the received ipselecta-relicta selection data and culling the relicta subset, wherein as a result of the gryphing the relicta subset are unavailable for use and residual indicia of the relicta subset remain on the storage medium; and storing the processed first portion of the first master panoplex to the end-user storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for sideloading audio soft assets onto a communications device, wherein the audio soft assets include an ipselecta subset that is available and ready-to-use, the method comprising:
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obtaining a first master panoplex, wherein the first master panoplex includes an installed superset of audio soft assets and also includes directory information of the installed superset of audio soft assets, wherein the installed superset of audio soft assets includes digitized audio files; separating data of the first master panoplex into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes at least a subset of the directory information, and wherein the second portion lacks at least a subset of the directory information; storing the second portion of the first master panoplex in a master storage medium that is configured to store a plurality of second portions of panoplexes, including the second portion of the first master panoplex; storing the first portion of the first master panoplex separate from the second portion of the first master panoplex; copying the second portion of the first master panoplex onto an end-user storage medium of the communications device, without copying the separated first portion of the first master panoplex, in a form that obscures and prevents access to the superset of the first master panoplex on the end-user storage medium unless or until a gryphing operation is performed on the end-user storage medium; after the copying, operatively connecting the end-user storage medium to the communications device; receiving ipselecta-relicta selection data that distinguishes an ipselecta subset of the superset of audio soft assets from a relicta subset of the superset of audio soft assets, wherein the ipselecta subset includes a selected set of the audio soft-assets and the relicta subset includes a non-selected set of the audio soft-assets; charging a monetary amount corresponding to the ipselecta subset to an end user of the communications device; gryphing the panoplex by retrieving the first portion of the first master panoplex, processing the retrieved first portion of the first master panoplex on a basis of the received ipselecta-relicta selection data and culling the relicta subset, wherein as a result of the gryphing the relicta subset are unavailable for use and residual indicia of the relicta subset remain on the storage medium; and storing the processed first portion of the first master panoplex to the end-user storage medium.
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26. A method for sideloading percepta soft assets onto a communications device, wherein the percepta soft assets include an ipselecta subset that is available and ready-to-use, the method comprising:
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obtaining a first master panoplex, wherein the first master panoplex includes an installed superset of percepta soft assets and also includes directory information of the superset of percepta soft assets; separating data of the first master panoplex into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion includes at least a subset of the directory information, and wherein the second portion lacks at least a subset of the directory information; storing the second portion of the first master panoplex in a master storage medium that is configured to store a plurality of second portions of panoplexes, including the second portion of the first master panoplex; storing the first portion of the first master panoplex separate from the second portion of the first master panoplex; copying the second portion of the first master panoplex onto an end-user storage medium of the communications device, without copying the separated first portion of the first master panoplex, in a form that obscures and prevents access to the superset of the first master panoplex on the end-user storage medium unless or until a gryphing operation is performed on the end-user storage medium; after the copying, operatively connecting the end-user storage medium to the communications device; receiving ipselecta-relicta selection data that distinguishes an ipselecta subset of the installed superset of percepta soft assets from a relicta subset of the installed superset of percepta soft assets, wherein the ipselecta subset includes a selected set of the installed superset of percepta soft-assets and the relicta subset includes a non-selected set of the installed superset of percepta soft-assets; charging a monetary amount corresponding to the ipselecta subset to an end user of the communications device; gryphing the panoplex by retrieving the first portion of the first master panoplex, processing the retrieved first portion of the first master panoplex on a basis of the received ipselecta-relicta selection data and culling the relicta subset, wherein as a result of the gryphing the relicta subset are unavailable for use and residual indicia of the relicta subset remain on the storage medium; leaving, in one or more hidden sectors of the end-user storage medium, the residual indicia of the relicta subset of the installed superset of percepta soft assets, the residual indicia including a permanent serial number; and storing the processed first portion of the first master panoplex to the end-user storage medium.
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