Patent ID: 8718554

Claim:
A computing device comprising: radio frequency circuitry and an antenna device, which facilitate communication between the computing device and a server over a near field communication channel having an operating range not exceeding about one meter, the near field communication channel used to augment an operation of another wireless communication beyond said operating range; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising: receiving provisioning files that are buffered to the memory when the computing device is in a non-powered state; applying settings for authorized protected content based on the received provisioned files when the computing device is powered on; receiving a license for the authorized protected content while in the near field communication channel operating range of a first near field communication channel node, and providing instructions to renew the received license for the authorized protected content based on the computing device being in the near field communication channel operating range of the first near field communication channel node.