System and method for using digital strings to provide secure distribution of digital content

A computer implemented method for secure distribution of digital content, the method comprising:

• disintegrating by a hardware server the digital content into a plurality of segments;
• selecting, from the plurality of segments, segments to he protected, the remaining unselected segments being unprotected;
• including the remaining unselected segments in a medium for distribution, the selected segments to be protected being omitted from the medium for distribution, the medium also including installation software and distribution identification information;
• distributing to a particular customer device the remaining unselected segments, the installation software and the distribution identification information, the installation software being capable of extracting from the particular customer device hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device;
• receiving, by the hardware server, the distribution identification information and hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device;
• modifying, by the hardware server, the selected segments to be protected so as to include the distribution identification information and hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device;
• and
• injecting, by the hardware server, the modified segments to the particular customer device.

A computer implemented method for secure distribution of digital content, the method comprising:

• receiving at a particular customer device from a hardware server via a medium for distribution installation software and distribution identification information, the medium for distribution also including unprotected segments of the digital content, the unprotected segments being the segments remaining after the hardware server has disintegrated the digital content into a plurality of segments and selected segments to be protected;
• executing the installation software on the particular customer device, the installation software extracting from the particular customer device hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device;
• transmitting to the hardware server the distribution identification information and the unique hardware identification information extracted from the particular customer device;
• receiving at the particular customer device from the hardware server the selected segments modified to include the distribution identification information and the unique hardware identification information extracted from the particular customer device;
• integrating on the particular customer device the remaining unselected segments with the modified segments, thereby generating on the particular customer device modified digital content operable only on the particular customer device.

A computer implemented system for secure distribution of digital content, the system comprising:

• means for disintegrating the digital content into a plurality of segments;
• means for selecting, from the plurality of segments, segments to be protected, the remaining unselected segments being unprotected;
• means for including the remaining unselected segments in a medium for distribution, the selected segments to be protected being omitted from the medium for distribution, the medium also including installation software and distribution identification information;
• means for distributing to a particular customer device the remaining unselected segments, the installation software and the distribution identification information, the installation software being capable of extracting from the particular customer device hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device;
• means for receiving the distribution identification information and hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device;
• means for modifying the selected segments to be protected so as to include the distribution identification information and hardware identification information unique to the particular customer device;
• and
• means for injecting the modified segments to the particular customer device.