Patent ID: 7415439

Claim:
A system, comprising: a plurality of content servers in a network, including a first content server storing a copy of a digital asset containing content encrypted with a content key; a plurality of voucher servers in the network coupled to said plurality of content servers, including a first voucher server in a first domain of the network, the first voucher server having registered said content by encrypting said content with said content key and having included with said encrypted content, a network address for said first voucher server, which it has returned to said content servers, and generating a voucher including said content key enabling access to said content in response to a request; a plurality of payment servers in the network, including a first payment server in a first domain of the network coupled to said first voucher server and a second payment server in a second domain of the network coupled to said first voucher server, either said first or said second payment server sending a request for said voucher using said network address to said first voucher server in response to a payment from a requestor in said first or said second domains, respectively, and forwarding the voucher to the requestor; a first wireless device having a first device ID, sending a request to the network while in said first domain for said content and receiving from said first content server the digital asset including a content ID, said encrypted content, said network address for said first voucher server, and information on obtaining rights to the content, which is expressed in a voucher generated by said first voucher server in the network; a second wireless device having a second device ID; said first wireless device performing super-distribution of the content to said second wireless device via messaging by sending said encrypted content and said network address for said first voucher server; said second wireless device sending while in said second domain to said second payment server an authorization for payment for access to said content, said network address for said first voucher server, and a request for said voucher; said second payment server using said network address for said first voucher server, requesting said voucher from said first voucher server and forwarding the voucher including said content key to said second wireless device.