Patent ID: 8732086
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for managing rights for digital music, comprising: registering groups of digital audio devices from among a plurality of digital audio devices with one another, each digital audio device able to store digital songs, to play the digital songs stored therein, and to copy the digital songs stored therein to another digital audio device; labeling the digital songs stored within the digital audio devices, from a plurality of labels including an ownership label and a non-ownership label, wherein a non-ownership label of a digital song comprises conditions under which playing of the digital song is not allowed, comprising: receiving a request to play a designated song in a digital audio device; identifying the label of the designated song in the digital audio device as being a non-ownership label; and denying the request to play the designated song in response to said identifying, in accordance with the conditions of the non-ownership label.