Patent ID: 8660961

Claim:
A computer system for content use, said computer system including one or more processors and one or more memory devices, said computer system comprising: a shared license computer device comprising: a first set of at least one of said one or more processors and at least one of said one or more memory devices having instructions recorded thereon for managing licenses on behalf of a user wherein the user is associated with the shared license computer device, a license management user interface component configured to accept license lifecycle management commands from a user, a first API, and a second API; a first DRM computer system comprising: a second set of at least one of said one or more processors and at least one of said one or more memory devices having instructions recorded thereon for receiving a first instance of content, restricting use of the first instance of content in accordance with a first license defining a permitted use, and transmitting a first indication of the permitted use based on the first license to the first API, the second set of at least one of said one or more processors and memory devices being a different set than the first set of at least one of said one or more processors and memory devices; a second DRM computer system comprising: a third set of at least one of said one or more processors and at least one of said one or more memory devices having instructions recorded thereon for receiving a second indication of the permitted use, which is based on the first indication of permitted use, from the second API and restricting use of a second instance of the content in accordance with the second indication of the permitted use to thereby authorize a player of the second DRM computer system to provide use of the second instance of the content to the user, wherein the second instance of the content is not derived from the first instance of content and wherein the second DRM computer system utilizes an enforcement mechanism that is different than an enforcement mechanism of the first DRM computer system, the third set of at least one of said one or more processors and memory devices being a different set than the second set of at least one of said one or more processors and memory devices and the first set of at least one of said one or more processors and memory devices.