Patent ID: 7565438

Claim:
A system for accessing content secured according to differing digital rights management protocols, comprising: a device, comprising a processor and a memory unit, configured for presentation of content; a client component configured on the device to use a first content according to a first digital rights management protocol; a first content server configured to receive a request for the first content and to provide a first rights statement and the first content for use by the client component according to the first rights statement and the first digital rights management protocol; a second content server configured to receive a request for a second content and to provide a second rights statement and the second content according to a second digital rights management protocol; and a mediation component in communication with the client component and the second content server, the mediation component configured to receive requests in the first digital rights management protocol from the client component for the second content, map the requests for the second content to the second digital rights management protocol, send the mapped requests to the second content server for use by the second content server, receive the second rights statement and the second content from the second server in the second digital rights management protocol, map the second rights statement and the second content to the first digital rights management protocol, and send the mapped second rights statement and the mapped second content to the client for use by the client component according to the mapped second rights statement.