Patent ID: 8181266

Claim:
A method of moving a rights object corresponding to a content object, the method comprising: performing authentication between a plurality of first mobile devices and a second mobile device, each mobile device having an authentication module, a security formation module, and a transceiving module, the authentication performed between authentication modules of each of the plurality of first mobile devices and an authentication module of the second mobile device; securing a connection between the second mobile device and each of the plurality of first mobile devices by respective security formation modules; sending a request for a rights object from the second mobile device to each of the plurality of first mobile devices; moving the requested rights object from each of the authenticated first mobile devices to the authenticated second mobile device, the moved rights object including a consumption state of the rights object, wherein moving the requested rights object includes deactivating the rights object at each respective first mobile device, and using the content object at the second mobile device according to the consumption state of at least one of the moved rights objects, wherein securing the connection comprises generating a security key as a result of the authentication, and the two secured devices sharing the security key.