Patent ID: 8543785

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: making a request, by a client device, to a server device, for available copy offers for making a copy of multimedia content stored on first media of the client device; receiving, by the client device, from the server device in response to the request, a list of available copy offers, wherein the list of available copy offers is formatted according to a markup language; displaying the list of available copy offers for user selection; receiving a user selection of a copy offer from the list of available copy offers; responsive to receiving the user selection of the copy offer, the client device receiving authorization information from the server device; using the authorization information, the client device requesting permission to make a copy associated with the selected copy offer; receiving from the server device, permission information based on the selected copy offer, wherein copy permission is granted by the server device based on the selected copy offer and the authorization information; and responsive to receiving the permission information based on the selected copy offer, performing a managed copy operation to copy the multimedia content from the first media of the client device to second media of the client device.