Secure personal content server
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A local content server system (LCS), comprising:
- an LCS communications port;
an LCS storage unit for storing digital data;
an LCS domain processor that imposes a plurality of rules and procedures for content being transferred between said LCS and devices outside said LCS, thereby defining a first LCS domain; and
a programmable address module which can be programmed with an LCS identification code uniquely associated with said LCS domain processor;
wherein said LCS stores in said LCS storage unit said plurality of rules for processing a data set;
wherein said LCS is configured to receive via said LCS communications port a first data set that includes data defining first content;
wherein said LCS is configured to determine whether said first content belongs to a different LCS domain than said first LCS domain;
wherein said LCS is configured to exclude from said first LCS domain said first content when said LCS determines that said first content belongs to said different LCS domain;
wherein said LCS is configured to use said LCS domain processor to determine, upon receipt by said LCS of said first data set via said LCS communications port, from inspection of said first data set, a first data set status value of said first data set to be at least one of unsecure, secure, and legacy;
wherein said LCS is configured to use said first data set status value to determine which of a set of rules to apply to process said first data set;
wherein said LCS is configured to determine, at least in part from rights associated with a user identification associated with a prompt received by said LCS for said first content, a quality level at which to transmit said first content, wherein said quality level is one of at least unsecure, secure, and legacy; and
wherein said LCS is configured to transmit said first content at the determined quality level in response to said prompt.
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Abstract
A local content server system (LCS) for creating a secure environment for digital content is disclosed, which system comprises: a communications port in communication for connecting the LCS via a network to at least one Secure Electronic Content Distributor (SECD), which SECD is capable of storing a plurality of data sets, is capable of receiving a request to transfer at least one content data set, and is capable of transmitting the at least one content data set in a secured transmission; a rewritable storage medium whereby content received from outside the LCS may be stored and retrieved; a domain processor that imposes rules and procedures for content being transferred between the LCS and devices outside the LCS; and a programmable address module which can be programmed with an identification code uniquely associated with the LCS. The LCS is provided with rules and procedures for accepting and transmitting content data.
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1. A local content server system (LCS), comprising:
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an LCS communications port; an LCS storage unit for storing digital data; an LCS domain processor that imposes a plurality of rules and procedures for content being transferred between said LCS and devices outside said LCS, thereby defining a first LCS domain; and a programmable address module which can be programmed with an LCS identification code uniquely associated with said LCS domain processor; wherein said LCS stores in said LCS storage unit said plurality of rules for processing a data set; wherein said LCS is configured to receive via said LCS communications port a first data set that includes data defining first content; wherein said LCS is configured to determine whether said first content belongs to a different LCS domain than said first LCS domain; wherein said LCS is configured to exclude from said first LCS domain said first content when said LCS determines that said first content belongs to said different LCS domain; wherein said LCS is configured to use said LCS domain processor to determine, upon receipt by said LCS of said first data set via said LCS communications port, from inspection of said first data set, a first data set status value of said first data set to be at least one of unsecure, secure, and legacy; wherein said LCS is configured to use said first data set status value to determine which of a set of rules to apply to process said first data set; wherein said LCS is configured to determine, at least in part from rights associated with a user identification associated with a prompt received by said LCS for said first content, a quality level at which to transmit said first content, wherein said quality level is one of at least unsecure, secure, and legacy; and wherein said LCS is configured to transmit said first content at the determined quality level in response to said prompt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22)
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13. A method for using a local content server system (LCS), said LCS comprising an LCS communications port;
- an LCS storage unit for storing digital data in non-transitory form;
an LCS domain processor that imposes a plurality of rules and procedures for content being transferred between said LCS and devices outside said LCS, thereby defining a first LCS domain; and
a programmable address module programmed with an LCS identification code uniquely associated with said LCS domain processor;
comprising;storing, in said LCS storage unit, a plurality of rules for processing a data set; receiving, via said LCS communications port, a first data set that includes data defining first content; said LCS determining whether said first content belongs to a different LCS domain than said first LCS domain; said LCS excluding from said first LCS domain said first content when said LCS determines that said first content belongs to said different LCS domain; said LCS domain processor determining, from said first data set, a first data set status value of said first data set to be at least one of unsecure, secure, and legacy; said LCS determining, using said first data set status value, which of a set of rules to apply to process said first data set; and said LCS determining, at least in part from rights associated with an identification associated with a prompt received by said LCS for said first content, a quality level at which to transmit said first content, wherein said quality level is one of at least unsecure, secure, and legacy; said LCS transmitting said first content at the determined quality level. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23)
- an LCS storage unit for storing digital data in non-transitory form;
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