Patent ID: 8468098

Claim:
A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for creating a digital work that is made available to a subscriber computing device through a subscription, the subscriber computing device being associated with a subscriber of the subscription, the method comprising: before an instance of the content is available to the subscriber computing device through the subscription, transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a label associated with at least one usage right; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a request for access to the instance of the content; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information related to the environment of a computing device associated with the subscriber; and transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the instance of the content after the instance of the content becomes available to the subscriber computing device through the subscription, wherein the instance of the content is in a format appropriate to the environment of a computing device associated with the subscriber, wherein the digital work is created when the at least one usage right becomes associated with the instance of the content.