Patent ID: 8893303

Claim:
An apparatus for accessing digital content in a digital content repository, the apparatus comprising: a user device associated with a token for use in creating authenticated rights locker access requests, wherein said token is stored remotely from said user device; and a processor of the user device configured to determine, at the user device, a digital content specification associated with the digital content stored at the digital content repository, and send, from the user device to a rights locker provider for a rights locker, a first authenticated rights locker access request and the digital content specification, wherein said first authenticated rights locker access request is based on said token and stored on said user device for providing access by said user device to said rights locker provider for said rights locker, and wherein the first authenticated rights locker access request is in the form of a tokenized URL; receive, at the user device, from the rights locker provider, in response to said first authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification, and based on a status of the token, a second authenticated rights locker access request based on said token and an authenticated digital content request, wherein the second authenticated rights locker access request is in the form of a tokenized URL; store on the user device at least part of the second authenticated rights locker access request; receive, at the user device, an indication of a user selection associated with the authenticated digital content request; send, from the user device, in response to said indication of a user selection, the authenticated digital content request to the digital content repository; and receive the digital content, at the user device from the digital content repository, in response to said authenticated digital content request.