Patent ID: 8060443

Claim:
A content distribution system for transporting audio or video licenses between content players that use digital rights management (DRM), the content distribution system comprising: a first content player having a first content repository and a first license repository; a second content player having a second content repository and a second license repository, wherein: the second content player is geographically separate from the first content player, the first content player is associated with a first DRM function, the second content player is associated with a second DRM function, the second license repository receives second information describing a second plurality of content licenses, the first license repository stores a first plurality of content licenses, the first plurality of content licenses are maintained by the first DRM function, the second DRM function does not accept the first plurality of content licenses associated with the first DRM function, the first plurality of content licenses enable use of a plurality of content objects with the first content player within confines of the first DRM function, the first content repository stores the plurality of content objects, and the plurality of content objects are separate files from the first and second plurality of content licenses; and a migration server that includes at least an authentication engine and a license repository, wherein: the migration server is geographically distant from the first and second content players, the migration server translates the first plurality of the content licenses into the second plurality of content licenses, the authentication engine authorizes the second plurality of content licenses of the second license repository, and the second plurality of content licenses enable use of the plurality of content objects with the second content player within the confines of the second DRM function.