METHOD FOR PLAYING DIGITAL CONTENTS PROTECTED WITH A DRM (DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT) SCHEME AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM

摘要

The method and system are for playing digital contents protected by a DRM scheme, wherein the digital contents are stored in a server and downloaded or streamed to a user device. The approach includes executing a DRM application inside the user device implementing a proxy between the server and a native player of the user device, and connecting the DRM proxy application to the server, selecting a digital content to be downloaded and retrieving a corresponding remote playlist. Also, the approach includes transforming the remote playlist into a local playlist having a format readable from the native player and executing a plurality of local packets of the local playlist inside the native player.