Methods and systems for a personal multimedia content archive

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10019741-B2
Application number	US-85323910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2010
Priority date	Aug 9, 2010
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

The embodiments provide for legally transferring multimedia content stored on a medium to a personal content archive device. The device is configured to consolidate a user's content into a single device or secured storage that allows easy access to the content while preserving the digital rights of the content. When a content medium has been provided, the device queries a registration service over a network, such as the Internet, to register the content and indicate that it was legitimately obtained. The device may then be authorized to download and store an authorized version of the content into its secured storage. The authorized version may be the same or a variation of the registered content. The content may then be downloaded from one or more content sources. The registration process may be based on several criteria, such as an authenticity check of the medium, a fee payment, and the like.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A personal content archive device configured to consolidate multimedia content for a user, said personal content archive device comprising:
an input interface configured to:
detect input of a data storage medium storing multimedia content;
generate a signal indicating that the data storage medium has been inputted; and
retrieve data, including at least part of the multimedia content, stored on the data storage medium;

a non-volatile memory device;
a secured storage configured to protect stored information based on at least one digital rights management scheme;
a network interface configured to communicate with a remote server over a network, wherein:
the server is configured to selectively register the data storage medium and provide an authorized version of the multimedia content, and
the authorized version of the multimedia content is different from the multimedia content stored on the data storage medium; and

a processor configured to:
detect input of the data storage medium based on the signal generated by the input interface;
identify the multimedia content stored on the data storage medium;
send, to the server over the network interface, authorization data associated with the multimedia content stored on the data storage medium;
cause verification of the authorization data by the server and, responsive to successful verification of the authorization data, registration of the data storage medium with the server;
in response to determining successful verification of the authorization data and registration of the data storage medium:
request, from the server over the network interface, download of the authorized version of the multimedia content;
download, from the server over the network interface, the authorized version of the multimedia content;
store at least part of the authorized version of the multimedia content in the non-volatile memory device;
store the authorized version of the multimedia content in the secured storage; and
delete or render inaccessible the at least part of the authorized version of the multimedia content stored in the non-volatile memory device in response to the at least part of the authorized version of the multimedia content being stored in the secured storage; and

in response to determining failed verification of the authorization data, provide an error indication to the user.

2. The personal content archive device of claim 1 , wherein the input interface comprises a digital video disk (“DVD”) drive or a blu-ray disc (“BD”) drive.

3. The personal content archive device of claim 1 , wherein the secured storage is configured to protect stored information using at least one of encryption, digital watermarking, or fingerprinting.

4. The personal content archive device of claim 1 , wherein the secured storage is a network attached storage device.

5. The personal content archive device of claim 1 , wherein the network interface is a wireless or wired interface that is configured to communicate with the server.

6. The personal content archive device of claim 1 , wherein the authorized version of the multimedia content is different from the multimedia content stored on the data storage medium at least in that the authorized version of the multimedia content and the multimedia content stored on the data storage medium are protected by different digital rights management schemes.

7. The personal content archive device of claim 2 , wherein the authorization data comprises a media identification code of the data storage medium configured to identify a manufacturer of the data storage medium.

8. The personal content archive device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to cause registration of the data storage medium further based on information from an account for a user.

9. The personal content archive device of claim 1 , wherein:
the input interface comprises a blu-ray disc (“BD”) drive; and
the authorization data comprises data associated with at least one of Advanced Access Content System (AACS), BD+, or BD-ROM mark.

10. A system of consolidating content of a user onto a personal content archive device, said system comprising:
a registration server configured to register a storage medium storing multimedia content that has been obtained by a user responsive to the server verifying authorization data associated with the multimedia content; and
a personal content archive device comprising a non-volatile memory device and at least one processor configured to, upon detecting input of the storage medium on which multimedia content has been stored:
identify the multimedia content stored on the storage medium and the authorization data associated with the multimedia content,
request registration of the storage medium with the registration server in response to providing to the registration server the authorization data associated with the multimedia content stored on the storage medium,
in response to receiving an indication from the registration server of successful registration of the storage medium:
request, from the registration server, download of an authorized version of the multimedia content different from the multimedia content stored in the storage medium,
download the authorized version of the multimedia content at least partially to the non-volatile memory device,
store the authorized version of the multimedia content in a secured storage coupled to the personal content archive device, and
delete or render inaccessible the at least part of the authorized version of the multimedia content downloaded to the non-volatile memory device in response to the at least part of the authorized version of the multimedia content being stored in the secured storage; and

in response to receiving an indication from the registration server of failed verification of the authorization data, provide an error indication to the user.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the authorization data comprises volume information configured to identify a manufacturer of the storage medium.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the authorized version of the multimedia content and the multimedia content stored on the data storage medium are protected by different digital rights management schemes.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor of the personal content archive device is configured to:
detect insertion of a digital video disk (“DVD”) or a blu-ray disc (“BD”) storing multimedia content; and
retrieve data stored on the DVD or the BD.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor of the personal content archive device is configured to protect the multimedia content stored in the secured storage based on at least one digital rights management scheme.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor of the personal content archive device is configured to download the multimedia content from a content provider in response to the registration server registering the storage medium.

16. A method of transferring multimedia content from a medium to a personal archive device, said method comprising:
detecting an input of a data storage medium that has been obtained by a user;
in response to detecting the input, identifying multimedia content stored on the data storage medium and authorization data associated with the multimedia content stored on the storage medium;
over a computer network, communicating to a registration server the authorization data associated with the multimedia content and causing registration of the multimedia content with the registration se

Assignees

• Hesselink Lambertus
• Western Digital Tech Inc

Inventors

• Hesselink Lambertus

Classifications

• G06Q30/06 Primary

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• G06Q30/0607

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