Patent ID: 8656424

Claim:
A method for roaming broadcast content, in a system comprising a roaming client system and a first system, which includes a bridge device, the roaming client system having a browser connected to an on-line application at a server for client registration and for content navigation, the roaming client system can be coupled to the first system to deliver the broadcast signals through a first network connection, and the browser in the roaming client system is coupled to the on-line application through a second network connection, and wherein the bridge device acts as an interface between a first digital right management domain and a second digital right management domain, the method performed at the roaming client system comprising: registering, through a processor, the browser of the roaming client system, through the second network connection, to the on-line application and enabling the exchange of digital right management (DRM) credentials as a pre-requisite for accessing the broadcast content; navigating, through the browser of the roaming client system, the broadcast content of the broadcast signals using the on-line application; receiving, upon content selection, custom navigation data from the on-line application, wherein the custom navigation data includes at least an identification of an appropriate content source for the selected broadcast content; acquiring the selected broadcast content from the identified content source; requesting a DRM authorization for the selected broadcast content by transmitting the DRM data associated with the received broadcast content, from the browser to the on-line application at the server, wherein the DRM data associated with the received broadcast content identify at least the broadcast content, the DRM registration of the roaming client system requesting the broadcast content and the source of the broadcast content; decrypting, upon reception of a DRM authorization message from the on-line application at the server, the selected broadcast content, wherein the DRM authorization message includes at least a decryption key and the associated content rights assuming that the roaming client system is entitled to receive the broadcast content from the identified content source of the broadcast content; and rendering the desired content, selected through the navigating of the broadcast signals to a desired format onto the roaming client system after obtaining the required DRM authorization.