Patent ID: 8904173

Claim:
A domain controller comprising: a communication portion configured to receive a request from a media device for an encrypted content; a digital rights management portion configured to, in response to the request: set rights data for the encrypted content to indicate a move of the encrypted content is pending to the media device and allocation of a right to access the content to the media device; initiate a timer with a specified time limit for the move of the encrypted content to the media device; monitor the move of the encrypted content to the media device; in response to the move of the encrypted content to the media device finishing prior to the timer reaching the specified time limit, cancel the timer, and set the rights data to indicate moving of the encrypted content is disabled to other media devices; and in response to the move of the encrypted content to the media device not finishing prior to the timer reaching the specified time limit, cancel the timer and set the rights data to indicate moving of the encrypted content is enabled to other media devices and removal of the allocation of the right to access the content to the media device.