Patent ID: 8635163

Claim:
A system for exchanging video games comprising: a network comprising a plurality of connected computers; a video game exchange server; a gaming device comprising a first processor in communication with the video exchange server via the network, wherein the first processor is coupled to a memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the first processor cause the first processor to perform operations comprising: downloading a client application from the video game exchange server; sending, using the client application, a request to the game exchange server to establish an account for the gaming device; and sending to the game exchange server using the client application an offer to exchange a digital game for which the gaming device has acquired use rights for a game for which gaming device has not acquired use right, wherein the offer to exchange comprises a first unique key assigned to the game offered for exchange; wherein the video game exchange server comprises a second processor and wherein the second processor is coupled to a memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the second processor causes the second processor to perform operations comprising: downloading a client application to the gaming device in response to the request from the client application; establishing an account for the gaming device in response to the request from the client application; receiving from the gaming device via the client application the offer to exchange the digital game; confirming from the first unique key that the gaming device has acquired use rights to the digital game offered for exchange; accepting the offer to exchange the digital game for which the use rights have been confirmed; storing a second unique key associated with the requested game in a datastore; retiring the first unique key of the digital game subject to the accepted offer from the datastore.