Method and system for dynamic digital rights bundling

A method in a content server for dynamically creating a bundle of content protected by digital rights management, comprising:

• receiving via a network a request for desired content, the request having an indication of a bundle and an indication of a user identity;
• automatically determining a set of source portions that correspond to the indicated bundle and that comprise at least one digital rights management portion, at least one user interface portion, and at least one content portion;
• generating a set of intermediate portions by translating each portion of the determined set of source portions into a corresponding intermediate portion;
• merging each intermediate portion of the generated set of intermediate portions into a secured destination file that corresponds to the desired content;
• and
• forwarding the secured destination file via the network.

A computer-readable medium whose contents enable a computing device to dynamically create a bundle of content protected by digital rights management, by performing a method comprising:

• receiving via a network a request for desired content, the request having an indication of a bundle and an indication of a user identity;
• automatically determining a set of source portions that correspond to the indicated bundle and that comprise at least one digital rights management portion, at least one user interface portion, and at least one content portion;
• generating a set of intermediate portions by translating each portion of the determined set of source portions into a corresponding intermediate portion;
• merging each intermediate portion of the generated set of intermediate portions into a secured destination file that corresponds to the desired content;
• and
• forwarding the secured destination file via the network.

A dynamic digital rights bundling system comprising:

• a bundling engine configured to
• receive via a network a request for desired content, the request having an indication of a bundle and an indication of a user identity;
• automatically determine a set of source portions that correspond to the indicated bundle and that comprise at least one digital rights management portion, at least one user interface portion, and at least one content portion;
• and
• dynamically produce a set of destination portions that correspond to the determined set of source portions;
• a merging engine configured to merge the set of dynamically produced destination portions into a secured destination file that corresponds to the desired content;
• and
• a network accessible component configured to provide the secured destination file in response to the a request for desired content via the network.

A computer-readable medium containing structured data that stores content, the structured data interpreted by a computing system to manage the display of the content, the structured data comprising:

• a content segment containing data that represents the content displayable on the computer system;
• a user interface segment containing a plurality of instructions that implement a plurality of user interface controls that are responsive to received messages from the computing system;
• and
• a digital rights management segment containing an indication of authorized network origin and a plurality of instructions that implement a method for controlling access to the content segment, by:
• requesting an indication of the actual network origin of the structured data from the computing system;
• and
• preventing display of the content unless the actual network origin matches the authorized network origin.

A method in a client computing device for retrieving and displaying dynamically created secure content bundles, comprising:

• sending via a network a request for desired content, the request including an indication of a bundle and an indication of a user identity;
• receiving via the network a secured destination file that corresponds to the desired content, the secured destination file comprising at least one digital rights management portion, at least one user interface portion, and at least one content portion, wherein each portion is produced dynamically based at least in part upon the request;
• and
• under control of one of the at least one digital rights management portion, restricting display of the at least one content portion to an authorized user.

A computing system for displaying dynamically created content bundles, comprising:

• a first module configured to
• send via a network a request for desired content, the request including an indication of a bundle and an indication of a user identity;
• receive via the network a secured destination file that corresponds to the desired content, the secured destination file comprising at least one digital rights management portion, at least one user interface portion, and at least one content portion, wherein each portion is produced dynamically based upon the request;
• and
• a second module configured to
• under control of one of the at least one digital rights management portion, restrict display of the at least one content portion to an authorized user.