Patent ID: 9313041
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a requesting set-top box of an in-home network that includes at least the requesting set-top box, a host set-top box, and a network attached storage, a first request to access content; in response to receiving the request to access the content, transmitting, by the requesting set-top box, a second request to access the content to the host set-top box; in response to transmitting the second request to access the content, negotiating access, by the requesting set-top box, to the content which (i) is not stored by the host set-top box, and (ii) is stored in encrypted form on the network attached storage that is managed by the host set-top box, with the host set-top box, according to a predetermined set of digital rights management rules, wherein access is negotiated between the requesting set-top box and the host set-top box that does not store the content without interacting with an external license server that is outside of the in-home network; after negotiating the access to the content, receiving, by the requesting set-top box, the encrypted content from the network attached storage; and accessing the content by the requesting set-top box according to the predetermined set of digital rights management rules negotiated between the requesting set-top box and the host set-top box.