Patent ID: 8145571

Claim:
A method operating in a wireless device, comprising: receiving content at a wireless device from an external content provider, wherein the content received from the external content provider is initially unprotected from redistribution to a destination device; generating a header associated with the content at the wireless device in response to the receipt of the content from the external content provider, wherein the header includes a license identifier and a content source, the license identifier protecting the content from unlicensed redistribution to the destination device; detecting a request at the wireless device for redistribution of the content to the destination device, wherein the request is based on a user manipulation of the wireless device to initiate the redistribution of the content to the destination device; in response to detecting the request for redistribution, determining, at the wireless device, that the generated header associated with the content includes the license identifier; determining, based on the license identifier in the generated header, that the content comprises licensed content; in response to determining that the content comprises licensed content, determining that the content is not allowed to be redistributed to the destination device from the wireless device; and in response to determining that the content is not allowed to be redistributed to the destination device, transferring a message not including the licensed content to the destination device, wherein the message comprises the content source specifying a location of the content on a network from which the licensed content can be downloaded.