Patent ID: 8468070

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: designating in a server at least one media content item to be rendered on a client, wherein the server is configured to stream the at least one media content item to the client; determining in the server whether a copy of the at least one media content item is locally accessible to the client for rendering on the client; streaming the at least one media content item from the server to the client when the copy of the at least one media content item is determined not to be locally accessible to the client; sending a directive originated in the server to the client to render the locally accessible copy of the at least one media content item on the client when the copy of the at least one media content item is determined to be locally accessible to the client; and determining a royalty fee to be paid to a copyright holder for the at least one media content item based at least in part on a log memorializing the sending of the directive.