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`PERSONILIZED DIGITAL MEDIA ACCESS SYSTEM
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`The invention is an apparatus thatfacilitates access to encrypted
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`control technologies that can be used by hardware
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`manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to
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`imposelimitations on the usage of digital content and devices.
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`The term is used to describe any technology thatinhibits uses
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`(legitimate or otherwise)of digital content that were not desired
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`or foreseen by the content provider. The term generally doesn't
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`refer to other forms of copy protection that can be circumvented
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`without modifying thefile or device, such as serial numbers or
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`key files. It can also refer to restrictions associated with specific
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`instances of digital works or devices.
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`Consumer entertainment industries are in the transition of
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`delivering products on physical media such as CD and DVD to
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`Internet delivered systems. The Compact Disc, introduced to the
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`public in 1982, wasinitially cesigned as a proprietary system
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`cifering strict media to player compatibility. As the popularity of
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`home computers and CD-ROM drives rose, so did the availability
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`of CD ripping applications to make local copies of music to be
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`enjoyed without the use of the disc. After a while, users found
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`ways to share digital versions of music in the form of MP3files
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`that could be easily shared with family and friends over the
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`Internet. The DVD formatintroduced in 1997 included a new
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`apparatus for optical discs technology with embedded copy
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`protection schemes also recognized as an early form of DRM,
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`With internet delivered music and videofiles, DRM schemes has
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`been developed to lock acquired media to specific machines and
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`most timeslimiting playback rights to a single machine or among
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`a limited number of multiple machines regardless if the model
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`numberis the same or not. Writing the machine device ID to the
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`metadata of the media file, then cross referencing with a trusted
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`clearinghouse according to pre-set rules doesthis.
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`DRM systems employed by DVD and CD technologies consisted of
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`scrambling (also known as encryption) disc sectors in a pattern
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`to which hardware developed to unscrambie (also known as
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`decryption) said disc sectors are required for playback, DRM
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`systems duilt into operating systems such as Microsoft Windows
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`Vista block viewing of media when an unsigned software
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`application is running to prevent unauthorized copying of a media
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`asset during playback. DRM used in computer games such as
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`SecuROM and Steam are used to limit the amount of times a user
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`can install a game on a machine, DRM schemesfor e-books
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`include embedding credit card information and other personal
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`information inside the metadata area of a delivered file format
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`afd restricting the compatibility of the file with a limited number
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`of reader devices and comouter applications.
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`Ina typical DRM system, a productis encrypted using Symmetric
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`block ciphers such as DES and AESto provide high levels of
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`security. Ciphers known as asymmetric or public key/private key
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`systems are used to manage access to encrypted products. In
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`asymmetric systems the key used to encryot a product is not the
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`same as that used to decrypt if, Ifa product has been encrypted
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`using one key of a pair it cannot be decrypted even by someone
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`else who has that key. Only the matching key of the pair can be
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`used for decryption. After receiving an authorization token from a
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`first-use action are usually triggers to decrypt block ciphers in
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`most DRMsystems. Use rights and restrictions are established
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`Curing this first-use action with the corresponding hosting device
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`of a DRM protected product.
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`Examples of such prior DRM art include Hurtado (U.S. Pat. No.
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`6,611,812) who described a digital rights management system,
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`where upon request to access digital content, encryption and
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`ecryption keys are exchanged and managed with use of an
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`authenticity clearing house. Other examples include Alve (U.S.
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`Pat. No. 7,568,111) who teaches a DRM and Tuoriniemi (U.S. Pat.
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`No. 20090164776) who described a management scheme to
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`control access to electronic content by recording use across a
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`plurality of trustworthy devices that has been granted permission
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`to work within the scheme.
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`DRMschemes have proven unpopular with consumers and rights
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`organizations that oppose the complications with compatibility
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`across machines manufactured by different companies. Reasons
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`given to DRM opposition range from limited device playback
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`rasirictions to the loss of fair-use which defines the freedom to
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`share media products will family members.
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`Prior art DRM methods rely on content providers to maintain
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`computer servers to receive and send session authorization keys
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`to client computers with an Internet connection, Usually rights
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`are given from the serverfor an amountof time or amountof
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`access actions before a requirement to reconnect with the server
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`is required for reauthorization. At times, content providers will
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`ciscontinue servers or even go out of business some years after
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`DRM encrypted content was sold to consumers causing the ability
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`to accessfiles to terminate,
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`A solution is needed to give consumers the unlimited
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`interoperability between devices and "fair use” sharing partners
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`for an infinite time frame while protecting commercial digital
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`media from unlicensed distribution to sustain long-term return of
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`investments,
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`BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`The current state of DRM measures are not satisfactory because
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`unavoidable issues can arise such as hardware failure or property
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`theft that could lead to a paying customer locsing the right to
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`recover purchased products. The current metadata writable DRM
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`measures do notoffer a way to provide unlimited interoperability
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`between unlimited machines because this theory goes against
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`the very reason why traditional DRM exist.
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`The invention describes an improvement on prior art DRM
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`methods in which allows unlimited interoperability of digital
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`media between unlimited machines with management of end-
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`user access to said digital media.
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`Tn one embodiment, the invention is a process of an apparatus
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`which in accordance with an embodiment, another apparatus,
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`tangible computer medium, or associated methods (herein
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`referred to as The App) is used to: handle at least one branding
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`action which could include post read and write requests of at
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`least one writable metadata as part of at least one digital media
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`asset to identify and manage requests from at least one excelsior
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`enabler, and can further identify and manage requests from a
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`plurality of connected second enablers; with at least one token
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`and at least one electronic identification reference received from
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`said at least one excelsior enabler utilizing at least one
`membership, Here, controlled by the said at least one excelsior
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`enabier, The App will proceed to receive the said at least one
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`token to verify the authenticityof said branding action and
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`further requests: then establish at least one connection with at
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`least one programmable communications console of the said at
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`least one membership to request and receive the said at least
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`one electronic identification reference; and could request and
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`receive other data information from said at least one
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`membership, The method then involves sending and receiving
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`variable data information from The App to the said at least one
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`membership to verify a preexisting said at least one branding
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`action of said at least one writable metadata as part of said at
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`least one digital media asset; or to establish permission or denial
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`to execute said at least one branding action or said post read and
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`write requests of said at least one writable metadata. To dothis,
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`controlled by the said at least one excelsior enabler. The App
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`may establish at least one connection, which is usually through
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`the internet, with a programmable communications console,
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`which is usually a combination of an API protocol and graphic
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`user interface (GUI) as part of a web service, In addition, the
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`said at least one excelsior enabler provides reestablished
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`credentials to the programmable communications console as part
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`of the said at least one membership, in which The App is
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`facilitating and monitoring, to authenticate the data
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`communications session used to send and receive data requests
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`between the said at least one membership and The App.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG. 1 shows a flow chart giving an overviewof the process of
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`Cigital media personalization by way of an enabler using an
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`apparatus or otherwise known as an application in which
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`facilitates digital media files. Here the apparatus interacts with all
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`communicative parts required to fulfill the actions of the
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`invention.
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`FIG, 2 showsa flow chart giving an overview of the process of an
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`access request made by an enabler and subsequently checks
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`communicative parts to cross-reference information stored in the
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`metadata of the digital media asset which has been previously
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`handled by the process of FIG. 1.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`Traditional digital rights management (DRM) schemesare
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`defined as authentication components added to digital files that
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`have been encrypted from public access. Encryption schemesare
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`not DRM methods but DRM systems are implemented to use an
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`additional layer of authentication in which permission is granted
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`for access to the cipher key required to decryntfiles for access. A
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`computer serveris established to host decryption keys and to
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`accent authentication keys from Internet connected client
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`computers running client software in which handles the
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`encrypted files. The server can administer different authorization
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`keys back to the client computer that can grant different sets of
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`rules and a time frame granted before theclient is required to
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`connect with the server to reauthorize access permissions.In
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`some cases content can terminate accessalter a set amount of
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`time, or the process can break if the provider of the DRM server
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`ever cease to offer services,
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`Encrypted digital fles as referred to in this document can
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`comprise: videofiles, audio files, container formats, documents,
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`metadata as part of video game software and other computer
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`based apparatus in which processed data is facilitated.
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`The novelty of the invention is in the interest of providing infinite
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`access rights of legally acquired at least one encrypted digital
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`media asset to the content acquirer, explained in this document
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`as the excelsior enabler, and optionally to their recognizedfriends
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`and family, explained in this document as a plurality of secondary
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`enablers. To explain further, the excelsior and secondary enablers
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`Gefined could be human beings or
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`computerized mechanisms programmed to process steps of the
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`invention as would normally be done manually by a human
`being. in addition to said enablers, an apparatus used alone orin
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`accordance with an embodiment, another apparatus, tangible
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`computer medium, or associated methods with a connection are
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`needed (herein referred to as The Apo}. To deliver the
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`requirements of the invention, communicative and connected
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`elements comprise: verification, authentication, electronic ID
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`metadata branding, additional technical branding, and cross-
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`referencing. The connection handling the communicative actions
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`of the invention will usually be the Internet and can also be an
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`internal apparatus cooperative. The App can further be defined
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`as a Windows 05, Apple OS, Linux 05, and other operating
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`systems hosting software running on a machine or device with a
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`capable CPU, memory, and data storage. The App can be even
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`further defined as a system on a chip (SOC), embedded silicon,
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`flash memory, programmable circuits, cloud computing and
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`runtimes, and other systems of automated processes.
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`The digital media assets used in this system are encrypted
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`usually with an AES cipher and decryption keys are usually
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`stored encoded, no encoded, encrypted, or no encrypted as part
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`of the apparatus or as part of a connection usually an Internet
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`server. As explained earlier, the system we will discuss will work
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`as a front-end to encrypted files as an authorization agent for
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`cecrypted access.
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`The verification element of this invention is facilitated by at least
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`one token handled by at least one excelsior enabler. A token can
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`be a structured or random password, e-mail address associated
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`with a e-commerce payment system (such as PayPal, Amazon
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`Payments, and other credit card services} used to make an
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`authorization payment, or other redeemable instruments of trade
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`for access rights of digital media. Usually, an identifier for said
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`digital media is stored in a database with another database of a
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`list of associated tokensfor cross-reference identification to use
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`with the said verification element. The said database of a list of
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`associated tokens can be comprised of Instant Payment
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`Notification (IPN) received frorn successful financial e-commerce
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`transactions that includes the identifier for said digital media;
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`import of CSV password lists, and manually created reference
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`ohrases, For this discussion, the said structured or random
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`password example will be used as reverence, Said structured or
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`random passwords can be devised in encoded schemesto flag
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`the apparatus of permission type such as: 1) Purchases can start
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`a password sequence with "P" following a random number, so
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`further example would be "PSJD42349MPIDF", 2) Rentals can
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`start or end a password sequence with "R” plus (+) the number
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`of days a rental is allowed, for example "R7"includedin
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`"R/SIDHFG58473"flagging a seven day rental. 3} Memberships
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`can start or end @ password sequence with "M" plus (+)
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`optionally the length of months valid for example
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`"MLLDFIGHS4KF" would flag an eleven-month membership
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`period. The tokens of this invention could be stored in a relational
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`catabase such as MySQL or Oracle but will teach a more robust
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`afd long-term method. Cloud storage systems such as Amazon's
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`web Services Simple Storage Solution, or also known as $3,
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`crovides a highly available worldwide replicated infrastructure. In
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`addition to $3, monetization offerings such as DevPay offer
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`cevelopers the oppertunity to make money from applications
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`ceveloped to use the services. The verification element defined in
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`this disclosure will reference te said $3 and DevPay services for
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`example purposes only as many options such as FTP, SimpleDB,
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`solid state storage and others can be used to host the token
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`hosting needed for the verification elementof this invention. The
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`term "verification element” used in explanation of the at least
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`one token required for this invention is because the token
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`represents permission from the content provider to grant access
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`rights to the excelsior enabler and thereafter the plurality of
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`secondary enablers. To set up the verification element the
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`content provider can manually or automatically generate a single
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`or a plurality of structured or random password in which will
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`represent the token, By using public or private access of $3 as
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`part of an apparatus, the content provider can create empty text
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`files giving each the name of the passwords Generated. Because
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`53is associated with a highly available woridwideinfrastructure,
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`to check this password token can be done mysimply constructing
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`a HTTP request from the apparatus and triggering follow up
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`actions based on either a 200 HTTP response, which means OK at
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`which point the next action can happen, or a 400 HTTPresponse
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`which means ERROR at which point the verification process is
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`voided. An additional token can be used {0 provice a flag to the
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`apparatus that the verification element has been fulfilled fora
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`initia! verification token. Creating an alternate version of the first
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`token by appending a reference to the end, for example, does
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`this: "MUIDFIGH34KF_user@sir3em.com_O1_01_11". In this
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`example,it is defined that the eleven month authorized
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`membership token was verified by a user@str3em.comon
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`January 1, 2011. By providing a second token, thefirst token
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`becomes locked te ewnership by the excelsior enabler preventing
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`unauthorized users from reusing thefirst token without providing
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`the authentication associated with the alternative referenced
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`second token. In the interest of providers of the apparatus
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`celivering this invention, this document will teach a method of a
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`HTTP PUT calculation scheme for automatic royalty billing and
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`administration for the token element used in the invention,
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`Amazon's DevPayallow developers to attach monetary charges
`to data services of S3 offered as an embedded componentofsaid
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`apparatus. By using the "PUT" requests parameter, tokens
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`generated by the apparatus are monitored, calculated, and
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`charged to clients of said apparatus provider. For example: the
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`default charge measure for DevPayis $0.05 for every 1000 PUT
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`request, By changing the amount to $1.00 for every 1000 PUT
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`requests, the apparatus provider is paid a $0.10 royaltyfor each
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`token created. Content providers using a corinected apparatuslike
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`DevPay to deliver and manage digital media distribution do not
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`need to have restrictions on the tokens created as with prior art
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`DRM key providers as DevPay is charged on a pay-as-you
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`need model on a monthly basis, As a novelty to the apparatus
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`provider, if a content providerfails to pay royalties due, the
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`DeyPay hosting will automatically deny token access to ail related
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`media productsin distripution and restore this verification element
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`when royalties are paid in full. This relieves the need of physical
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`reprimand as with prior art DRM in which delinquent accounts are
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`subject to human auditing processes.
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`The authentication element of this invention is at least handied
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`first by the said at least one excelsior enabler with a connection
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`to a membership. In this disclosure, the connection is equal te
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`the Internet and the membership is equal to a web service.
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`Further, the web service must be available for two way data
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`exchange to complete the authentication process of this
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`invention. Data exchange with a web service is usually facilitated
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`with a programmable communications console, at mosttimes,
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`will be an Applications Programmable Interface (API). An API is a
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`set of routines, data structures, object classes, and/or protocols
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`provided by libraries anc/or operating system services in orderto
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`support the building of applications. An API maybe language-
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`cependent: that is, available only in a particular programming
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`language, using the particular syntax and elements of the
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`programming language to make the API convenient to use in this
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`particular context. Alternatively an API may be language-
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`independent: that is, written in a way that meansit can be called
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`from several programming lan