Patent ID: 8171561

Claim:
A local content server (LCS), comprising: a) an LCS communications port; an LCS storage unit for storing digital data; and an LCS domain processor for processing digital data; and an LCS identification code uniquely associated with said LCS; wherein said LCS stores in said LCS storage unit a plurality of rules for processing a data set; wherein said LCS is configured to receive via said communications port a first data set that includes data defining first content; wherein said LCS is configured to use said domain processor to determine from inspection of said first data set for a watermark, a first data set status value of said first data set to be at least one of unsecure, secure, and legacy; wherein said LCS is configured to use said first data set status value to determine which of a set of rules to apply to process said first data set prior to storage of a processed second data set resulting from processing of said first data set, in said LCS storage unit; wherein said LCS is configured to determine, at least in part from rights associated with a user identification associated with a prompt received by said LCS for said first content, a quality level at which to transmit said first content, wherein said quality level is one of at least unsecure, secure, and legacy; and wherein a quality level of legacy means that said first content does not include said watermark.