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Secure personal content server

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  • US 9,934,408 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2017
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A local content server system (LCS) for providing conditional access to content, said LCS comprising:

  • an LCS address module storing an LCS identification code;

    an LCS storage unit for storing content in encrypted or scrambled digital form in non-transient memory;

    an LCS communications port designed to receive content in the form of digital data;

    an LCS domain processor for processing digital data, wherein said LCS domain processor is configured to;

    (1) determine if encrypted or scrambled first content received by said LCS communications port contains indicia indicating authenticity and store said first content in said LCS storage unit in encrypted or scrambled digital form when said LCS domain processor determines that said encrypted or scrambled first content received by said LCS communications port contains indicia indicating authenticity;

    (2) determine if encrypted or scrambled first content received by said LCS communications port contains indicia indicating lack of authenticity and to not store said first content in said LCS storage unit when said LCS domain processor determines that said encrypted or scrambled first content received by said LCS communications port contains indicia indicating lack of authenticity; and

    (3) determine if encrypted or scrambled first content received by said LCS communications port contains neither one of indicia indicating authenticity and indicia indicating lack of authenticity and degrade said first content and store the degraded first content in said LCS storage unit when said LCS domain processor determines that said first content contains neither one of indicia indicating authenticity and indicia indicating lack of authenticity.

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