Patent ID: 9294793
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computing device comprising: a set of memory resources, including instruction memory that stores a set of instructions, and a data store that stores a collection of digital content items; a network interface; and one or more processors that use instructions stored in the memory to: communicate with a network service using the network interface, including providing an identifier to the network service that associates the computing device with a user account, the account associated with a library of digital content items each having (a) a content portion for consumption by a user, and (b) a metadata portion at least for displaying a visual representation of the digital content item; generate a user-interface for configuring a transaction for transferring the right of possession to at least some of the digital content items of the library of digital content items; and identify, from a user selection made through the user-interface, (i) a digital content item from the library of digital content items, and (ii) a transaction type for transferring a right of possession to the digital content item, the transaction type including one of a permanent transfer or a temporary transfer; implement a transfer in the right of possession by performing one of (i) if the transaction type is temporary, disable the content portion of the selected digital content item on the computing device until a predetermined condition is satisfied; or (ii) if the transaction type is permanent, delete or disable the content portion of the selected digital content item on the computing device; and after the transfer in the right of possession is complete, provide the visual representation of the selected digital content item on a display of the computing device based on the metadata portion of the selected digital content item, along with one or more indicia indicating that the selected digital content item has been subject to the transfer in the right of possession.