System and method for improved portable media file retention

• US 8,626,670 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2005
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sobeski, Carl Joseph, New, Matthew David, Ochenas, Jonathan Cooper
• Primary Examiner(s): Nigh, James D
• Application Number:
  US11/303,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20060195403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,944 Days
• Field of Search: 705 50- 51, 705/59, 705/26.1, 705/26.5, 705/26.8
• US Class Current: 705/59
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• 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 21/6236 between heterogeneous systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/01 Automatic library building
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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: H04L 12/1822 : Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 : applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 : Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 : Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 : Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 : Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 : Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 : for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 : specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 : User profiles
• 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 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 : Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 : Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 : Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 : The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 : Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 : Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 : for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 : communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 : using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/658 : Transmission by the client directed to the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 : comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 : involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 : Multimedia

Abstract

A method of acquiring rights to content to be burned to a CD, comprising defining a first content set; defining a second content set comprised of content selected from the first content set whose content attributes match those selected by a user; identifying as a third content set that content in the second content set for which DRM rights sufficient to permit the content to be burned to CD are not currently possessed; allowing a user to authorize obtaining rights for members of the second content set for which rights permitting the content to be burned to CD are not currently possessed; obtaining rights which allow at least a subset of the third content set to be burned to CD; and, allowing the content defined in the second content set and for which appropriate rights have been obtained to be burned to CD.

Claims

1. A method of acquiring digital rights to digital content to be burned to a CD, comprising:

determining, by a computer, a first digital content set, at least one content attribute being associated with each member of the first digital content set;

receiving, by the computer from a user, a selection of content from the first digital content set;

determining, by the computer, a second digital content set comprising content selected from the first digital content set whose content attributes match content attributes of content from the first digital content set that have been selected by the user;

determining, by the computer and in accordance with rules provided by the user, as a third digital content set, that content in the second digital content set for which digital rights management rights which enable the content to be burned to the CD are not currently possessed;

receiving a user preference regarding obtaining digital rights for the third digital content set;

automatically obtaining, by the computer, digital rights for at least a subset of the third digital content set based at least in part on the user preference; and

transmitting, by the computer, the at least a subset of the third digital content set for which appropriate digital rights have been obtained to the user to enable the user to burn the at least a subset of the third digital content set to the CD.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second digital content set is represented as a play list associated with the CD.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising adding additional content to the second digital content set based on the playlist.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising automatically adding the additional content to the playlist.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising substituting the additional content for the least frequently accessed content in the playlist.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising adding additional content to the second digital content set based on the attributes selected by the user.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising automatically adding the additional content to the second digital content set.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising substituting the additional content for the least frequently accessed content in the second digital content set.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising substituting the additional content for a plurality of content based on content size.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the content attributes are comprised of random, access frequency, size, genre, artist, and album.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting from a plurality of the content attributes.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising ordering the selected content attributes.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving rankings from the user for members of the first digital content set.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the second content set further comprises determining, by the computer, a frequency with which to access content from the first digital content set and attributes associated with the most frequently accessed content.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically obtaining digital rights for burning the content to a CD for each member of the third digital content set.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least a subset of the third digital content set comprises all members of the third digital content set.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising automatically obtaining the digital rights.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether digital rights to content stored on the CD have expired and prohibiting access to content for which the digital rights have expired.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising obtaining additional digital rights to the content for which the digital rights have expired.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising obtaining additional digital rights for at least a subset of the content for which the digital rights have expired.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising automatically obtaining the additional digital rights automatically.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the obtaining of the additional digital rights occurs after receiving user authorization.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the CD is a rewritable CD.

24. A method comprising:

associating, by a server computer, a first digital content set with a user operating a computing device;

transmitting, by the server computer over a network to the computing device, the first digital content set;

receiving, by the server computer over the network from the computing device, a selection of content from the first digital content set to form a second digital content set;

adjusting the content in the second digital content set in accordance with rules received from the user;

receiving, by the server computer over the network from the computing device, an authorization to obtain digital rights for one or more content in the second digital content set;

receiving a user preference regarding obtaining digital rights for the second digital content set;

automatically obtaining, by the server computer, the digital rights for the one or more content in the second digital content set based at least in part on the user preference; and

transmitting, by the server over the network to the computing device, the obtained digital rights so that the user can burn the one or more content in the second digital content set to a CD.

25. An article, comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions to be executed by a first computer to:

associate a first digital content set with a user operating a second computer;

transmit over a network to the second computer, a first digital content set associated with the user;

receive over the network from the second computer, a selection of content from the first digital content set to form a second digital content set;

adjust the content in the second digital content set in accordance with rules received from the user;

receive over the network from the second computer, an authorization to obtain digital rights for one or more content in the second digital content set;

receive a user preference regarding obtaining digital rights for the second digital content set;

automatically obtain the digital rights for the one or more content in the second digital content set based at least in part on the user preference; and

transmitting, by the first computer over the network to the second computer, the obtained digital rights so that the user can burn the one or more content in the second digital content set to a CD.