Unlimited access to media and applications over wireless infrastructure

摘要

Methods, systems, and apparatus are presented for providing unlimited access to either or both of media content, such as music, and applications. A media server environment can be provided, which maintains an instance of each subscriber account, a central archive of media content, and an application catalog. Selected media content can be downloaded to, and stored locally at, a subscriber device, such as on a secure storage device. Also, selected applications can be locally installed on the subscriber device. Access to the local media content and locally installed applications can be controlled through the media server environment based on the status of the subscriber's account. If the subscriber's account becomes inactive, access to the downloaded media content and installed applications can be disabled. Once the subscriber's account is reactivated, access to the downloaded media content and applications can be restored.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of providing access to media content, the method comprising:
receiving a request to access a media server environment from a mobile communications device; identifying a subscriber account associated with the mobile communications device; determining that the subscriber account is current and authorized to access the media server environment; and providing authorization to access the media server environment and authorization to access a removable secure storage location on the mobile communications device based, at least in part, on the subscriber account, the removable secure storage location maintaining media content transmitted to the mobile communications device from the media server environment based on valid subscriber account information.