System, method and article of manufacture for remote control and navigation of local content

A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for remotely controlling digital content which has been stored locally on a client device, the computer program comprising:

• (a) a code segment that receives an input delivered over a network from the client device, the input including a client identifier;
• (b) a code segment that queries the client input to determine, based upon the client identifier, whether the client should have access to the content;
• (c) a code segment that unlocks the digital content stored on locally on the client device, allowing access to the content by the client device based upon the results of the query;
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• (d) a code segment that delivers to the client device, via the network, the code segment that unlocks the locally stored content.

A system for remotely controlling digital content, the digital content being stored locally on a client device, the system comprising:

• (a) a processor, remote from the client device;
• (b) a memory, remote from the client device, that stores information under control of the processor;
• (c) logic stored on the memory that retrieves and interprets input from the client device, the input being delivered over a network and including a client device identification;
• (d) logic stored on the memory, that responds to the input from the client device to generate an unlock command, based upon the client device identification, to allow use of the locally stored digital content by the client device having the digital content stored thereon;
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• (e) logic stored on the memory that delivers the unlock command over the network to the client device.