Patent ID: 7065505

Claim:
A method for providing multiple use packages for a digital work having one or more rights associated therewith within a system having at least one repository configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with said one or more rights, said method comprising: associating a plurality of versions of a play right with said digital work, wherein each version of said play right specifies a respective play fee for playing said digital work in a manner specified by said version of said play right, one version of said play right includes one of a limited play of said digital work without fee, a metered play fee for said digital work based on a length of time said digital work is played, and a fee for a first playing of said digital work with no fee for further playing of said digital work, and said play right is created from a grammar, including one or more symbols selected from a set of predetermined symbols to define a valid sequence of symbols to indicate the play right; obtaining a copy of said digital work by a consumer; sending a play request message by the consumer and specifying said digital work and said play right; processing the play request message from the consumer to grant the consumer the play right for the digital work; and reporting a respective play fee corresponding to an exercised version of said play right as a transaction in response to exercise of said play right.