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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Brian Siegel, Washingtonville, NY (US);
Philip Michael Abram, Warwick, NY (US);
Marc Beckwitt, San Clemente, CA (US);
Gregory D. Gudorf, San Diego, CA (US);
Kazuaki Iso, Oradell, NJ (US);
Brian Raymond, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher M. Tobin, Central Valley, NY (US);
Brian Siegel, Washingtonville, NY (US);
Philip Michael Abram, Warwick, NY (US);
Marc Beckwitt, San Clemente, CA (US);
Gregory D. Gudorf, San Diego, CA (US);
Kazuaki Iso, Oradell, NJ (US);
Brian Raymond, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher M. Tobin, Central Valley, NY (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and user device for restricting access to the content of media over a network. Biometric information is collected and compared against pre-stored biometric information of a user to authenticate the identity of the user. The user then requests access to the content of a medium. Access is permitted to the requested content if the content is identified as content, or indicia identifying the content, that the user previously uploaded to the server. Access is denied to the requested content if the content is not identified as content, or indicia identifying the content, that the user previously uploaded to the server.