Patent ID: 8086536

Claim:
A method for providing location based digital rights management for content accessed on a device, comprising: determining if a location constraint exists for a requested right made by the device; wherein the location constraint specifies a specific geographic area at which the content is consumable and the location constraint further specifies a right associated with the content; determining a trusted location determining entity; during a period of time the content is attempted to be consumed on the device, performing actions, comprising: periodically acquiring geographic locations of the device as the device moves while the content is attempted to be consumed during the period of time from the trusted location entity to determine when the location of the device is within the specific geographic area and to determine when the location of the device is outside of the specific geographic area; wherein each of the geographic locations is based on a current physical location of the device; evaluating the location of the device against the location constraint, wherein the evaluation compares geographic coordinates of the device with the specific geographic area defined by the location constraint; and on the device, denying the right specified by the location constraint when the location of the device is outside of the geographic area and on the device granting the right specified by the location constraint to the content when the location of the device is inside of the geographic area.