METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTING MOVIES FOR OWNERSHIP

• US 20070204006A1
• Filed: 02/23/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Charles Vallis
• Original Assignee: Charles Vallis
• Inventors: Vallis, Charles
• Application Number:
  US11/678,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20070204006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• 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 21/4788 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 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/162 Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for obtaining one or more copies of a movie or media via the internet using a computer having a hard drive and a digital media device. A movie or media is made up of a set of digital files. The methods include downloading the set of movie or media digital files that have been purchased or authorized for use by the user to the hard drive, wherein the set of files is stored on the hard drive for a length of time necessary to transfer said files to a recordable medium in the digital media device; transferring the set files to the recordable medium in the digital media device; and automatically deleting the set of files from the hard drive without input from the user. The method preventing other non-authorized users from file sharing or copying the files.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining one or more copies of a movie or media via the internet using a computer having a hard drive and a digital media device, wherein the movie or media is comprised of a set of digital files or a container file having said files;

the method comprises the steps of;

a. downloading the set of movie or media digital files or container file having said files that have been purchased or authorized for use by the user to the hard drive, wherein the set of files is stored on the hard drive for a length of time necessary to transfer said files to a recordable medium in the digital media device;

b. transferring the set files to the recordable medium in the digital media device; and

c. automatically deleting, erasing, rendering unusable, or any combination thereof, the set of files from the hard drive without input from the user,

thereby preventing other non-authorized users from file sharing or copying said files.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media device is a DVD burner, a device having an external hard drive, or a portable device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the external hard drive is part of a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the recordable medium is a DVD.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is authorized to download said movie or media with a license.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the set of movie or media files is stored on the hard drive for a length of time ranging from about 1 minute to about 1 hour before being deleted.

7. A method for distributing a copy of a movie or media via the internet using a computer having a hard drive and a digital media device, wherein the movie or media is comprised of a set of digital files or a container file having said files;

the method comprises the steps of;

a. purchasing said movie or media or obtaining authorization to copy said movie or media; and

b. selecting the digital media device to which the set of movie or media files is to be copied;

wherein once said movie or media is purchased and digital media device selected, the method automatically performs the steps comprising of;

i. downloading the set of movie or media files or container file having said files that have been purchased or authorized for use by the user to the hard drive, wherein the set of files is stored for a length of time necessary to transfer said files to a recordable medium in the digital media device;

ii. transferring the set files to the recordable medium in the digital media device; and

iii. deleting, erasing, rendering unusable, or any combination thereof, the set of files from the hard drive;

thereby preventing other non-authorized users from file sharing or copying said files.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the digital media device is a DVD burner, a device having an external hard drive, or a portable device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the external hard drive is part of a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the recordable medium is a DVD.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the user is authorized to download said movie or media with a license.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of movie or media files is stored on the hard drive for a length of time ranging from about 1 minute to about 1 hour before being deleted.

13. A system for obtaining a one or more copies of a movie or media via the internet, wherein the movie or media is comprised of a set of digital files or a container file having said files, the system comprises:

a. a computer having a hard drive and a digital media device;

b. a recordable medium; and

c. software that performs the steps of;

i. downloading the set of movie or media digital files or container file having said files that have been purchased or authorized for use by the user to the hard drive, wherein the set of files is stored on the hard drive for a length of time necessary to transfer said files to a recordable medium in the digital media device;

ii. transferring the set files to the recordable medium in the digital media device; and

iii. automatically deleting, erasing, rendering unusable, or any combination thereof, the set of files from the hard drive without input from the user;

thereby preventing other non-authorized users from file sharing or copying said files.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the digital media device is a DVD burner, a device having an external hard drive, or a portable device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the external hard drive is part of a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) device.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the recordable medium is a DVD.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the set of movie or media files is stored on the hard drive for a length of time ranging from about 1 minute to about 1 hour before being deleted.