Patent ID: 8983872
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for digital rights management in a device, the method comprising: at the device, receiving encrypted content from a transmitting device; at the device, receiving a rights object representing use rights of the encrypted content and software configured to generate a new rights object based on the received rights object, from the transmitting device; at the device, based on the received rights object, generating the new rights object using the received software: and providing by the device, the new rights object to another device, and wherein the rights object received from the transmitting device is a license that permits the device receiving the rights object from the transmitting device to use the encrypted content, and the new rights object is a license that permits the other device to use the encrypted content and does not permit the device receiving the rights object from the transmitting device to use the encrypted content.