Patent ID: 8290874
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for a computing device to store digital licenses for rendering corresponding pieces of digital content, the method comprising: the computing device receiving a first license corresponding to a first content and a second license corresponding to a second content, wherein each of the first content and the second content are corresponding streams of digital content tuned from a combined signal comprising a plurality of streams of digital content, and wherein the second content has been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying and the first content has not been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying; the computing device storing the first license in a temporary license store; the computing device storing the second license in a permanent license store; the computing device deleting the first license when the temporary license store is turned off or reset; and the computing device maintaining the second license in the permanent license store when the permanent license store is turned off or reset.