Patent ID: 7389273

Claim:
An electronic system for managing distribution of digital content comprising: a. an electronic central rights provider; b. an electronic intermediate rights provider; c. at least one electronic consumer device; wherein said central rights provider that grants and transmit an electronic master license to said intermediate rights provider wherein said master license includes a right to create a child license for a set of digital content associated with said master license for transmission to said at least one electronic consumer device; said intermediate rights provider that establishes an account domain comprising at least said consumer device wherein said consumer device registers with said intermediate rights provider by transmitting an identifier and a set of security credentials to said intermediate rights provider; said intermediate rights provider that creates and transmit a unique account key to each of said registered consumer devices in a given account domain; said intermediate rights provider that recieves a request for a set of digital content from a first registered consumer device; said intermediate rights provider that creates an electronic child license according to said request and within a set of parameters dictated by said master license; said intermediate rights provider that combines at least said child license, a set of account data associated with said first registered device requesting content, and said digital content in a digital rights package; said intermediate rights provider that encrypts said digital rights package by using said account key; said intermediate rights provider that transmits said encrypted package to said requesting device; said intermediate rights provider that processes a charge associated with said request using said account data associated with said requesting device; and said intermediate rights provider that transmits a set of settlement data associated with said charge to said central rights provider.