Patent ID: 8364595

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more processors; and computer-readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, instruct the one or more processors to perform acts for enabling permissible transfer of used digital objects among different users in an electronic marketplace, the acts comprising: storing a used digital object obtained from an authorized source in a first personalized data store, wherein the first personalized data store is associated with an account of a first user and is accessible by an electronic device associated with the first user, and wherein the used digital object is a digital object in which the first user has legitimately obtained access rights; determining that the used digital object is available for transfer from the first personalized data store; providing an indication that the used digital object is available for transfer from the first personalized data store; receiving a request to transfer the used digital object to a second personalized data store, wherein the second personalized data store is associated with an account of a second user and is accessible by an electronic device associated with the second user; authorizing transfer of the used digital object to the second personalized data store based on satisfaction of one or more business rules; upon authorization of the request to transfer the used digital object to the second personalized data store, transferring the used digital object from the first personalized data store to the second personalized data store; and deleting the used digital object from the first personalized data store.