Patent ID: 8613044

Claim:
A method for accessing a resource by multiple devices, comprising: receiving first access information from a gatekeeper device by an access device, the first access information and representing right to access the resource subject to at least one restriction associated with a relationship between the gatekeeper device and the access device; determining by the access device whether the access device has the right to access the resource based on the first access information and the relationship between the gatekeeper device and the access device; receiving the resource associated with the first access information at the access device from a resource server responsive to determining that the access device has the right to access the resource; accessing the resource by the access device in compliance with the at least one restriction as defined by the first access information; terminating access to the resource by the access device responsive to a change or termination of the relationship between the gatekeeper device and the access device; sending device information from the access device to the resource server for determining one or more formats of the resource accessible by the access device, the device information describing one or more capabilities of the access device; receiving the resource from the resource server by the access device in a format accessible to the access device; at the access device, generating second access information from the first access information, the second access information allowing another access device to access the resource subject to another restriction that is more restrictive than the at least one restriction; and sending the second access information from the access device to the other access device.