Patent ID: 8312550

Claim:
A method for processing rights granted to an operator of a device or a group of devices using a rights object, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a computer, the rights object from a computer of a third party; generating, at the computer, at least one derived rights object based on the rights object received from the computer of the third party; and forwarding the at least one derived rights object to the device or individual devices from the group of devices, said forwarding comprising the steps of: ascertaining which device or individual devices from the group of devices is suitable for performing operations permitted with the received rights object or a derived rights object, and forming a set comprising at least one suitable device; determining an instantaneous or future capacity utilization of each device that the formed set comprises and reducing the formed set by eliminating each device for which a capacity utilization above a predefined or predefinable threshold value has been determined; and forwarding the at least one derived rights object to the device or group of devices that remain within the formed set.