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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Yasser Ansari, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Kotaro Matsuo, Poway, CA (US);
Yasser Ansari, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Kotaro Matsuo, Poway, CA (US);
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
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.