OUT-OF-BAND TOKENS FOR RIGHTS ACCESS

摘要

Access to content may be administered by storing content, the content comprising one or more selections, accessing a passive optical out-of-band token associated with the content, determining an access right for the content based on the passive optical out-of-band token, and enabling access to the content in accordance with the access right.

主权项

1. A method for distributing media content, the method comprising:
accessing, from across a network and from a remote media player, information related to an out-of-band token, the out-of-band token configured to be accessed by an out-of-band token sensor, and further configured to specify settings that include: accessing information associated with accessing the media content, and copying information associated with copying the media content, wherein the out-of-band token resides in a different format than the medium used to store the media content; determining media content access rights based on analyzing the out-of-band token, the media content access rights associated with accessing the media content; determining media content copy rights on the out-of-band token, the media content copy rights associated with creating copies of the media content; and enabling access to the media content through the remote media player, the access associated with the determined media content access rights that includes accessing information and copying information.