Method and system for the protected storage of downloaded media content via a virtualized platform
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorDonald F. Cameron
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Abstract
A method and system for the protected storage of downloaded media content via a virtualized platform. A method comprises downloading content to a special purpose virtual machine and then storing the downloaded content at a location, where the location is only accessible via the special purpose virtual machine. The stored content is then streamed over a virtual network to a general purpose virtual machine, where the special purpose virtual machine and the general purpose virtual machine exist on the same personal computer (PC).
Claims16
A method comprising:
- making stored content available for streaming from a first virtual machine over a virtual network to a second virtual machine,
- wherein the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine exist on the same computer, and
- wherein the content has been downloaded from one or more of a remote media server, the Internet or a local area network (LAN) to the first virtual machine and has been stored, prior to streaming, at a location accessible only by the first virtual machine.
A system comprising:
- circuitry to implement a first virtual machine;
- and
- an application configured to execute on circuitry to implement a second virtual machine, wherein the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine exist on the same computer,
- wherein the first virtual machine is configured to download content and to store the downloaded content at a location,
- wherein the location is only accessible via the first virtual machine, and the stored content is made available for streaming from the first virtual machine over a virtual network to the application, and
- wherein the content has been downloaded from one or more of a remote media server, the Internet or a local area network (LAN).
A computer-readable non-transitory medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:
- making stored content available for streaming from a first virtual machine over a virtual network to a second virtual machine,
- wherein the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine exist on the same computer, and
- wherein the content has been downloaded from one or more of a remote media server, the Internet or a local area network (LAN) to the first virtual machine and has been stored, prior to streaming, at a location accessible only by the first virtual machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.