RFID enabled media system and method
First Claim
1. A digital media playing system comprising:
- a portable digital media container having a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, containing RFID tag information, coupled thereto, wherein the RFID tag information includes remote content identification information that identifies additional information associated with the portable digital media container; and
a media playing device having a radio frequency identification tag reader operatively coupled therewith to read information from the RFID tag on the portable media container, wherein the media playing device further includes a controller operatively responsive to the remote content identification information read from the portable media container and operative to retrieve, based on the remote content identification information and from a device at a remote location, the additional information and wherein the media playing device is operative to play audio and/or video retrieved from the remote location;
wherein the media playing device further includes an RFID writer operative to contactlessly write information to the RFID tag and wherein the controller is operative to control the RFID writer to write information concerning the additional information retrieved from the remote location.
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Abstract
A digital media playing system includes, in one embodiment, a digital video and/or audio media object, such as a portable digital media container adapted to hold one or more digital storage mediums, that includes a radio frequency identification tag containing RFID tag information. The digital media playing system also includes a trusted media content playing device that has a radio frequency identification tag reader operatively coupled therewith, to read the RFID tag information from the RFID tag that is located on the portable media container and that securely downloads remotely stored audio and/or video media based on the RFID tag information. The RFID tag information that is in the RFID tag includes, in one embodiment, encrypted tag identification information and unencrypted remote content identification information as well as, if desired, portable digital media container authentication data (e.g. player ID). Other RFID enabled digital video and/or audio media objects include movie tickets, concert tickets, 3-D objects, clothing and other forms.
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1. A digital media playing system comprising:
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a portable digital media container having a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, containing RFID tag information, coupled thereto, wherein the RFID tag information includes remote content identification information that identifies additional information associated with the portable digital media container; and a media playing device having a radio frequency identification tag reader operatively coupled therewith to read information from the RFID tag on the portable media container, wherein the media playing device further includes a controller operatively responsive to the remote content identification information read from the portable media container and operative to retrieve, based on the remote content identification information and from a device at a remote location, the additional information and wherein the media playing device is operative to play audio and/or video retrieved from the remote location; wherein the media playing device further includes an RFID writer operative to contactlessly write information to the RFID tag and wherein the controller is operative to control the RFID writer to write information concerning the additional information retrieved from the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A digital media playing device comprising:
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a digital audio and video playing subsystem; a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader operative to read RFID tag information from an RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag information includes remote content identification information that identifies remotely stored content; an RFID tag writer operative to contactlessly write information to the RFID tag; and a controller, operatively coupled to the digital audio and video playing subsystem, the RFID tag reader and the RFID tag writer, operatively responsive to the remote content identification information read from the RFID tag and operative to securely retrieve, based on the remote content identification information from a remote location, additional information, and operative to control the RFID tag writer to write information concerning the additional information to the RFID tag; wherein the audio and video playing subsystem is operative to play audio, video or a combination of audio and video retrieved from the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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