Abstract: An online digital entertainment system comprises a first server operable to receive authenticating data from a digital media player via a global computer network and confirm the authenticating data, and a second server operable to generate unique public and private keys in response thereto, and sending the public key to the digital media player. The system further comprises a third server operable to generate a unique session key for each streaming request received from the digital media player, and sending the session key encrypted by the public key to the digital media player, and a fourth server operable to stream digital media content encrypted by the session key to the digital media player via the global computer network, the digital media player operable to decrypt the digital media content using the session key and display the digital media content on a television.

Abstract: A digital media system includes a digital media station operable to access a collection of digital media content, and a digital media player communicably coupled to the digital media station and operable to receive user commands and further access and decode digital media content specified by the user for playing on one or more components of an entertainment system coupled thereto.

Abstract: A digital media system comprises a computer having a local storage device operable to store a plurality of driver applications and being operable to access a remote storage device having stored digital media content via a global computer network, and a digital media player communicably coupled to the computer and operable to access the plurality of driver applications and further operable to receive user commands and access and decode the remote digital media content specified by the user for playing on one or more components of an entertainment system coupled thereto.