Abstract: User input into a user interface is symbolically represented to increase security. User input received into a user interface and a mapping is applied to the user input. A result of the mapping is provided. The user interface may be updated to include the result of the mapping and/or may be provided to another device, such as over a short range communication channel. A person who views or otherwise has access to the user interface does not obtain the user input, but the result of the mapping indicates whether the user input was provided correctly.

Abstract: Input received into a first component of a user interface is mirrored in another component of the user interface. The first component of the user interface is monitored and changes to the first component are caused to occur in the second component. The first component may be configured to receive user input for an authentication claim.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing method for negotiating a license to a media item by a customer for a commercial use, including maintaining by a digital media licensing server a catalog of media items that are available to be licensed, and a database of records. Receiving a designation of a media item from the catalog, providing a customer interface that enables a customer to specify an offer to license the selected media item; receiving an offer, electronically providing to a plurality of rights holders in the media item information about the offer, receiving from rights holders at least one counteroffer price, determining a collaborative counteroffer price, and providing the collaborative counteroffer price to the customer. Additional embodiments are directed toward a method for making recommendations for alternative media items to license.