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`TITLE OF INVENTION (280 characters max)
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`“CLIENT/SERVER COOPERATING SECURITY LOCKOUT FEATURE FOR MEDIA PLAYER APPLIANCE”
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`D. Andrew Floam
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`NEEDLE & ROSENBERG, PC.
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`Suite 1200, The Candler Building
`127 Peachtree Street, NE.
`Atlanta
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`Client/Server Cooperating Security Lockout Feature for Media
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`INVENTORS
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`Ken Lipscomb, Atlanta, Georgia
`Richard Robison, Atlanta, Georgia
`John Petritis, Atlanta, Georgia
`Kelly Morrison, Atlanta, Georgia
`Michael Hirsch, Atlanta, Georgia
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`If a consumer’s infotainment appliance is stolen or misplaced, the multimedia assets in the
`appliance should be protected from abuse by parties unknown. This invention describes a means of
`protecting those assets.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing how assets are protected from use by unauthorized users.
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`DEFINITION OF TERMS
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`Reference is made to Figure l in conjunction with the following description. Within this invention, system,
`or method, there are several components:
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`Client Multimedia Player. Software technology that can run on various multimedia computer devices and is
`capable of decrypting, decoding, and playing a multimedia object based on its embedded security features
`and rights management rules. The Client Multimedia Player will run on a variety of devices, including
`home consumer electronics devices, portable devices, computers, car entertainment devices, PDAs, mobile
`communications devices, and Internet browsers.
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`Member. Anyone who is enrolled within the network system for virtual distribution of his or her assets.
`(Each Member will have his or her own security password for system access.)
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`Member Family. A group of individuals that has been assigned the rights to act on a Member’s behalf in
`accessing and utilizing the Member’s multimedia assets within the virtual distribution network.
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`U_s_er_._ Persons that will use a Client Multimedia Player from within any particular Member Family. These
`Users will have varying levels of access and privileges to those multimedia assets housed within the
`invented system. (For example, an adult User might have access to certain “R” rated films, while a child
`User might have access to only “G” rated films.)
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`Master Database Server. A server or group of servers that functions to allow for the storage and download
`of “rented” or “purchased” assets by Members of the network. This server will function to allow for
`synchronization and replication of a Member’s assets between the Member’s various Client Multimedia
`Players and itself. This server also will serve as a central repository within which multimedia assets will be
`“tagged” with the identity and access privileges of those Members (and Users within a Member Family)
`that possess ownership rights in the multimedia assets.
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`Multimedia Object. An element of reference for a Member’s Client Multimedia Players and the Master
`Database Server. This Multimedia Object can be representative of a song, video clip, movie, a television
`program, interactive animation, or any other data type that can be stored in a binary fashion within a
`modern database. The Multimedia Object shall be protected, where applicable, from piracy by the use of
`various methods, including encryption and watermarking.
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`To protect the Multimedia Objects on a Client Multimedia Player from being used by parties
`unknown, a security scheme has been invented to lock out unauthorized Client Multimedia Players.
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`Client Multimedia Players contact the Master Database Server when they are powered on, and
`periodically thereafter. If a Client Multimedia Player is stolen, the User informs the maintainer of the
`Master Database Server of the missing unit (see Figure 1). The Master Database Server flags the User’s
`account as being “on hold” and issues the User a confirmation code. The User is then instructed to power
`cycle his machines.
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`As each of the User’s Client Multimedia Players are powered on and contact the Master Database
`Server, they learn that the User’s account has a hold placed on them, and they immediately freeze and ask
`for a confirmation code from the User. The User types in the confirmation code that was assigned to him
`and the machine is ready to use. If the User does not type in the correct confirmation code, the machine
`remains locked. If the user cannot type the confirmation code correctly within a to-be-determined number
`of tries, the machine will cease being usable and must be reenabled.
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