Abstract: A method for verifying a user's access to a content media item includes discovering at least one content item stored on a storage medium associated with a client device. A fingerprint of a selected portion of the media content item is obtained. The selected portion is a portion less than an entirety of the media content item. The fingerprint is communicated to an online service. Access to an online copy of the media content item is received if the fingerprint matches a known fingerprint of a media content item available to the online service.

Abstract: A bed covering has a translucent top layer that has a pattern thereon with a plurality of decorative elements that are positioned in a plurality of sectors. An array of light-emitting elements is positioned beneath the top layer. The array is segregated into sectors corresponding to at least some of the top-layer sectors. A control element is programmable to activate the light-emitting elements within the sectors in a predetermined pattern. Such an activation backlights the decorative elements in the top-layer sectors in the predetermined pattern. Additional elements of the bed covering may include an audio emitter for providing sound commensurate with the predetermined pattern and a light-diffusing element positioned between the top layer and the light-emitting-element array for providing a more diffuse illumination of the sectors. The top layer is interchangeable with another top layer having corresponding sectors to permit the illumination of the corresponding sectors in the predetermined pattern.

Abstract: A bed covering has a translucent top layer that has a pattern thereon with a plurality of decorative elements that are positioned in a plurality of sectors. An array of light-emitting elements is positioned beneath the top layer. The array is segregated into sectors corresponding to at least some of the top-layer sectors. A control element is programmable to activate at least some of the light-emitting elements within at least some of the sectors in a predetermined pattern. Such an activation backlights at least some of the decorative elements in the top-layer sectors in the predetermined pattern. Additional elements of the bed covering may include an audio emitter for providing sound commensurate with the predetermined pattern and a light-diffusing element positioned between the top layer and the light-emitting-element array for providing a more diffuse illumination of the top layer sectors.