SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A DOWNLOADED DIGITAL MEDIA FILE

摘要

A system and method for tracking a downloaded digital media file which employs reheader splicing of the digit media file for digital rights management (DRM) are provided. The system and method provide for receiving a request for a first file from a client (302), accessing the first file and a second file that is representative of the first file (304), applying data identifying the client into the second file (306), and combining the first and second file such that a size of the combined file is substantially the same size as the accessed first file (310), and downloading the combined first and second file to the client (312). The combining of the first and second file includes replacing corresponding object components of the first file with the objects components of the second file. The data identifying the client includes at least one of a transaction ID, merchant ID, user ID and order ID.