Patent ID: 8804767

Claim:
Apparatus adapted to distribute media content within a network, said apparatus comprising: a first interface adapted to receive: a plurality of media content in a first format from said network, individual ones of said plurality of media content comprising one or more copy rights for a use thereof; and at least one request for a first one of said individual ones of said plurality of media content from one or more requesting devices; a second interface configured to transmit said requested first one of said individual ones of said plurality of media content to said one or more requesting devices; and at least one processor configured to run at least one computer program thereon, said computer program comprising a plurality of instructions configured to when executed: determine whether a transmission of said requested first one of said individual ones of said plurality of media content would violate said one or more copy rights for the use thereof, at least one of said one or more copy rights comprising a right indicating certain ones of said plurality of media content as not being available for simultaneous use by two or more devices; and when it is determined that said first one of said individual ones of said plurality of content is currently viewed on a first device, cause transmission thereof to said one or more requesting devices by said second interface to be disabled.