Claims
- 1. A system for providing media content while preventing unauthorized access to a plurality of content sources, said system comprising:
a media content library having a plurality of media content pieces; a global media content delivery network having said plurality of content sources, each content source of said plurality of content sources stores a portion of said media content library; and a security system coupled to said plurality of content sources for allowing delivery of a media content piece from said media content library to an authorized client device while preventing unauthorized access to said media content library stored by said plurality of content sources.
- 2. The system as described in claim 1 wherein said global media content delivery network comprises a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) or the Internet.
- 3. The system as described in claim 1 wherein said authorized client device is selected from a computer system, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a portable computing device.
- 4. The system as described in claim 1 wherein said media content piece comprises audio, music, video, a picture, graphics, or multimedia.
- 5. The system as described in claim 1 wherein said media content piece comprises a digital watermark or an embedded key.
- 6. The system as described in claim 1 wherein said security system for further providing an access key to said authorized client device for accessing said media content piece from a content source of said plurality of content sources.
- 7. The system as described in claim 6 wherein said access key is a time sensitive access key that becomes obsolete after a defined amount of time.
- 8. The system as described in claim 1 wherein said security system for further preventing access to said media content library when a media player application operating on a client device is determined invalid.
- 9. The system as described in claim 1 wherein said security system for further preventing access to said media content library when an identification provided by a client device is determined invalid.
- 10. A method for providing media content to a client device from a plurality of content sources while preventing unauthorized access to said media content, said method comprising:
transmitting a first request for a media content list of a media content library from said client device; in response to receiving said first request, transmitting to said client device said media content play list together with a unique identification; in response to receiving said media content list, transmitting a second request for delivery of said media content together with said unique identification from said client device; provided said unique identification is valid, transmitting to said client device an access key together with a location of a content source of said plurality of content sources containing said media content; in response to receiving said access key together with said location of said content source, transmitting a third request together with said access key to said content source from said client device; and provided said access key is valid, transmitting said media content to said client device.
- 11. The method as described in claim 10 further comprising:
determining which content source of said plurality of content sources is nearest to the location of said client device.
- 12. The method as described in claim 10 further comprising:
determining which content source of said plurality of content sources contains said media content.
- 13. The method as described in claim 10 wherein said client device is selected from a computer system, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a portable computing device.
- 14. The method as described in claim 10 wherein said access key is a time sensitive access key that becomes obsolete after a defined amount of time.
- 15. The method as described in claim 10 wherein said media content is selected from an audio clip, a song, a video clip, a picture, a graphics picture, and a multimedia clip.
- 16. The method as described in claim 10 wherein said media content comprises a digital watermark or an embedded key.
- 17. The method as described in claim 10 wherein said location of said content providing source comprises an address to said media content.
- 18. The method as described in claim 17 wherein said address is changed after said transmitting said media content to said client device.
- 19. The method as described in claim 10 wherein each content source of said plurality of content sources stores a portion of said media content library.
- 20. The method as described in claim 10 wherein each content source of said plurality of content sources stores a copy of said media content library.
- 21. A system for providing media content while restricting unauthorized access to a plurality of content sources, said system comprising:
a media content library having a plurality of media content pieces; a global media content delivery network having said plurality of content sources, each content source of said plurality of content sources stores a portion of said media content library; and an authorization system coupled to said plurality of content sources for regulating delivery of a media content piece from said media content library to an authorized client computer while restricting unauthorized access to said media content library stored by said plurality of content sources.
- 22. The system as described in claim 21 wherein said global media content delivery network comprises a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) or the Internet.
- 23. The system as described in claim 22 wherein said authorized client computer is selected from a computer system, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and a portable computing device.
- 24. The system as described in claim 21 wherein said media content piece comprises audio, music, video, a picture, graphics, or multimedia.
- 25. The system as described in claim 24 wherein said media content piece comprises a digital watermark or an embedded key.
- 26. The system as described in claim 21 wherein said authorization system for further providing an access key to said authorized client computer for accessing said media content piece from a content source of said plurality of content sources.
- 27. The system as described in claim 26 wherein said access key is a time sensitive access key that becomes obsolete after a defined amount of time.
- 28. The system as described in claim 21 wherein said authorization system for further preventing access to said media content library when a media player application operating on a client computer is determined invalid.
- 29. The system as described in claim 21 wherein said authorization system for further preventing access to said media content library when an identification provided by a client computer is determined invalid.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to the copending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.: 60/323,468 entitled “User Selectable and Location-Obscured Streaming Media Method and System” by Hank Risan et al., filed Sep. 18, 2001, Attorney Docket Number: MOMI-001.PRO; copending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.:______ entitled “Method and System for Providing User Selectable and Location-Obscured Streaming Media” by Hank Risan et al., filed May 10, 2002, Attorney Docket Number: MOMI-002.PRO; and copending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.:______ entitled “System and Method for Providing User Selectable and Location-Obscured Streaming Media” by Hank Risan et al., filed May 10, 2002, Attorney Docket Number: MOMI-003.PRO, which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60323468 |
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