Patent ID: 8065716

Claim:
A method for accessing content carried by a content carrier having a first computer readable medium and a second computer readable medium, the method comprising: receiving the content carrier at a content player; retrieving a first authorization token from the first computer readable medium; retrieving a second authorization token from the second computer readable medium; sending a content access request to a server; receiving a master authorization token in response to the content access request; determining whether to grant access to a segment of the content that is associated with the first and second authentication tokens using at least the master authorization token and the first and the second authorization tokens or portions thereof; and in response to determining to grant access, retrieving the segment of the content from the first computer readable medium; logically associating the master authorization token or a portion thereof, the first authorization token or a portion thereof, and the second authorization token or a portion thereof, wherein the logical association between the master authorization token, the first authorization token, and the third authorization token is at least one of an encryption function, a decryption function, an encryption function and decryption function, or a hash function.