Patent ID: 6973445

Claim:
A computer readable medium having computer readable instructions embedded therein for effecting a method for distributing digital works for use in a digital rights management system, said instructions comprising: instructions for receiving a request from a requesting device for downloading digital content data; instructions for associating a flag element with said digital content data, said flag element having at least one memory register; instructions for downloading a portion of said digital content data; instructions for manipulating said flag element to store at least one demarcation flag in at least one of said at least one memory register, said at least one demarcation flag being stored at specific locations within said at least one memory register to demarcate the downloaded portion of said digital content data; and instructions for associating at least one respective usage right with said at least one demarcation flag, said at least one respective usage right specifying a permitted manner of use of the respective demarcated downloaded portion of said digital content data, wherein said at least one memory register corresponds to memory addresses on an addressable memory indicating the downloaded portion of said digital content data, whereby the downloaded portion of the digital content data can be determined with said at least one demarcation flag without accessing the digital content data for enforcing said permitted manner of use of the respective demarcated downloaded portion of said digital content data.