Method and system for the protected storage of downloaded media content via a virtualized platform

A method comprising:nmaking the stored content available for streaming from a special purpose virtual machine over a virtual network to a general purpose virtual machine,wherein the special purpose virtual machine and the general purpose virtual machine exist on the same computer, andwherein the content has been downloaded from one or more of a remote media server, the Internet and a local area network (LAN) to the special purpose virtual machine and has been stored, prior to streaming, at a location accessible only by the special purpose machine.

A system comprising:na closed virtual machine; andan application configured to execute on a general purpose virtual machine, wherein the closed virtual machine and the general purpose virtual machine exist on the same computer,wherein the closed virtual machine is configured to download content and to store the downloaded content at a location,wherein the location is only accessible via the closed virtual machine, and the stored content is made available for streaming from the closed virtual machine over a virtual network to the application, andwherein the content has been downloaded from one or more of a remote media server, the Internet and 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:nmaking the stored content available for streaming from a special purpose virtual machine over a virtual network to a general purpose virtual machine,wherein the special purpose virtual machine and the general purpose virtual machine exist on the same computer, andwherein the content has been downloaded from one or more of a remote media server, the Internet and a local area network (LAN) to the special purpose virtual machine and has been stored, prior to streaming, at a location accessible only by the special purpose machine.