Patent ID: 8011015
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting content data, comprising: receiving at a server device a present request indicating locked content data from a client connected to a hub network, wherein the server device is configured to set up the hub network including adding the client and the server device to the hub network, wherein the server device is configured to function as a client in the hub network, and wherein said locked content data is stored on the server device connected to the hub network; checking a license corresponding to said locked content data to determine if said license permits said client to present said locked content data, wherein said locked content data is a bound instance if said license permits presentation of said locked content data by said client connected to the hub network, wherein the bound instance of said locked content data and the license corresponding to said locked content data are bound to the hub network, and wherein said locked content data is changed to a discrete instance when said locked content data is to be moved to another server device bound to another hub network, the server device sends a disable request for the locked content data to clients of the hub network to indicate that the bound instance of the locked content data is changed to the discrete instance, and wherein the disable request causes the license corresponding to the locked content data to be disabled; and presenting said locked content data through a presentation component connected to said client when said locked content data is a bound instance.