LockStream
to Collaborate With Texas Instruments to Provide Mobile Digital Rights
Management Software on Next-Generation Mobile Devices
Wireless carriers, handset manufacturers and content owners benefit
from LockStream’s DRM solution optimized on TI’s OMAP™ platform
BELLEVUE, WA – (Feb 19, 2002) – Recognizing the immediate
need to ensure the fast, secure and seamless distribution of digital
media, including music, software and video, onto 2.5G and 3G mobile
devices, LockStream Corporation and Texas Instruments Incorporated
(TI) today announced they will work together to create practical
solutions for the secure delivery of digital media in the wireless
space and beyond.
Already selected by major players in the mobile communications industry,
LockStream’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution will
now harness the high performance and low power of TI’s OMAP™
processor platform to further enhance the consumer’s mobile
device experience, while ensuring that copyrighted material remains
protected when transmitted on next-generation mobile devices. LockStream’s
DRM solution, optimized for TI’s high-performance, power-efficient
OMAP application processors, will enable wireless operators and
handset manufacturers to quickly and easily offer mobile device
users access to an array of digital media, including music, software
and video.
“Digital Rights Management is essential to deliver rich media
and applications over 2.5 and 3G networks,” said Paul Werp,
worldwide marketing manager for TI’s OMAP platform. By leveraging
the high performance and power efficiency of OMAP processors, LockStream
will be able to deliver a carrier-grade DRM solution, which will
generate new and expanded wireless services for consumers and help
speed the transition to 2.5G and 3G.”
LockStream’s DRM software suite includes the Secure Package
Creator application, which allows media assets to be placed in a
secure format so that they can be protected during delivery; the
License Generator application, which manages the creation of licenses
that determine how digital media can be played or rendered across
various consumer devices; and the Secure Package Reader application,
which provides the consumer with media playback on various client
applications, including LockStream’s Morphing Player customizable
interface.
“With this new offering, wireless device manufacturers and
operators are now in a position to integrate LockStream’s Digital
Rights Management software with little or no effort. LockStream’s
Secure Package Reader and Morphing Player software optimized for
TI’s OMAP processors allow for efficient playback of secure
media on devices regardless of operating system or device form factor”,
said Peter Baer, executive vice president.
LockStream Corporation is a member of TI's OMAP™ Developer
Network, a group of software developers writing wireless applications
for mobile Internet devices. OMAP developers enjoy a variety of
tools and support to enable rapid application development for leading
operating systems and programming languages plus the opportunity
to collaborate with a range of developers designing applications
such as multimedia, security, location based services, mobile commerce
and gaming. OMAP developers also benefit from TI’s fully open
OMAP platform, which has been selected by Nokia, Sony, Ericsson,
Palm, Sendo, HTC and others for their 2.5 and 3G wireless devices.
For more information about the OMAP Developer Network, please visit
www.ti.com
Handset and other device manufacturers using TI’s OMAP processors
can easily include LockStream’s Secure Client Reader and Morphing
Player software in their devices today.
About LockStream Corporation
LockStream Corporation creates software that secures content delivery
across all platforms and wireless devices. Developed by senior technology
and media experts, LockStream´s software is the first solution
to offer unparalleled security, wireless distribution and brand
management capabilities. Industry leaders including AOL Time Warner,
Artisan Entertainment, Audax Group, Encore Venture Partners and
ING Barings back LockStream. Founded in 1999, LockStream is headquartered
in Seattle, with offices in New York, London and Tokyo.
