Patent ID: 8726406
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of supporting control of a content data object being associated with a content controlling terminal of a communications network and being received by a content receiving terminal, the method comprising: generating by the content controlling terminal the content data object; the content controlling terminal generating a digital rights data object associated with the content data object, wherein the digital rights data object is required when using the content of the content data object; uploading by the content controlling terminal only the content data object to a server: transmitting by the content controlling terminal a link to the content receiving terminal, the link comprising a download descriptor for the content data object; receiving by the content controlling terminal a request from the content receiving terminal to get the digital rights data object, wherein the content receiving terminal is in a peer-to-peer relationship with the content controlling terminal; and the content controlling terminal initiating a peer-to-peer direct transmission of the digital rights data object to the content receiving terminal, the digital rights data object being sent to the content receiving terminal in a message that is separate from another message that was sent by the content controlling terminal to the content receiving terminal that includes the link to the content data object.