Patent ID: 7496540
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer readable medium for accessing digital content, the computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon to configure a media device to perform the steps comprising: a. downloading a digital content package to said media device via a network; b. creating a license rights package including an account number and debitable parameters for accessing said digital content package, wherein said account number is associated with a consumer; c. executing a purchase of said license rights package; d. downloading said license rights package to a license storage on said media device; e. disconnecting the media device from the network; f. accessing the license storage on said media device; g. in response to an access request by a user, wherein the user and the consumer are different individuals, determining that said debitable parameters of said license rights package contain insufficient value; h. prohibiting access to said digital content package; i. prompting said user to purchase a renewed license rights package, wherein said renewed license rights package comprises at least a portion of said license rights package; j. receiving a request at the media device from said user to purchase said renewed license rights package; k. creating said renewed license rights package at the media device, the step of creating said renewed license rights package further comprising using metadata included with said license rights package to: l. authorizing at the media device said renewed license rights package for use by said user prior to transmitting said charge to said host system; and m. selectively transmitting said charge to said host system at a time when said media device is connected to said host system.