Intelligent electronic appliance system and method

A method for securing against undistorted copying media presented by an apparatus within physical environment of presentation, comprising:

• (a) receiving media;
• (b) producing an acoustic emission from the apparatus, the acoustic emission not being defined by the media;
• (c) analyzing a physical environment of presentation to a user, comprising at least measuring the acoustic emission from the apparatus;
• (d) predistorting the media in accordance with the analyzed physical environment of presentation to at least partially compensate for the physical environment while altering the media from its state as received;
• (e) outputting the predistorted media in the physical environment of presentation to the user;
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• (f) restricting access to the received media in an undistorted form, to thereby manage rights in the media.

An apparatus for securing against undistorted copying of media, comprising:

• (a) an input for receiving media;
• (b) means, associated with the apparatus, for producing an acoustic emission in a physical environment, not defined by the media;
• (c) a processor for analyzing ad a physical environment of presentation to a user, comprising at least measuring the acoustic emission and predistorting the media in accordance with the analyzed physical environment of presentation to the user, to at least partially compensate for the physical environment while altering the media from its state as received at the input, and for restricting access to the received media in undistorted form;
• (d) an output for presenting the predistorted media user.