System for detecting and converting digital rights management profiles

摘要

Systems and methods for automatically converting digital content from an incompatible to a compatible target DRM scheme are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user device transmits a request to a content server for digital content, the request including a target DRM scheme compatible with the user device. The content server determines that the requested target DRM scheme is incompatible with the native DRM scheme of the content server. A DRM matching server obtains the requested content from the content server and converts the content from the native DRM scheme to the target DRM scheme. The DRM matching server transmits the reformatted content to the user's device. Alternatively, the DRM matching server transmits the reformatted content to the content server, which transmits it to the user device. A user device includes any device capable of utilizing digital content, including cellular telephones, PDAs, audio file players, and video content display devices.

主权项

1. A method for providing media content formatted according to a target digital rights management (DRM) scheme, the method comprising:
receiving a request for media content, wherein said request specifies a target digital rights management scheme; determining the target digital rights management scheme from said request for the media content; determining a DRM free content server from which to obtain the media content; obtaining the DRM free media content; formatting the obtained DRM free media content according to the target digital rights management scheme; and providing the media content formatted according to the target digital rights management scheme.