Patent ID: 8142282

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a user interface screen from a server to a gaming device, wherein the user interface screen provides a selectable item that indicates an ability to download games to the gaming device; if a first user selects the selectable item, providing access to a user interface screen that provides a listing of games that may be downloaded to the gaming device; receiving an indication from the gaming device via a user interface screen that the first user and a second user would like to play a session of a demonstration version of a game associated with a game title ID; sending a game package to the gaming device, the game package including an expanded version of the game and a demonstration license for the game title ID that limits the first user and the second user to playing a session of the game in the demonstration version; receiving an indication from the first user to purchase the expanded version of the game while the first user and the second user are playing the session of the game; generating an expanded license for the game title ID that is associated with the first user, the expanded license allowing the expanded version of the game to be played by the first user and the second user without closing the session while the first user is logged into the server; updating a record at the server to include the expanded license for the game title ID associated with the first user; outputting a notification to the gaming device that there has been a change to licensing for the game; receiving an indication that the first user is logging out of the server; if the second user has not purchased the expanded license, outputting a notification to a gaming device of the second user that licensing for the game has been changed to the demonstration license for the second user during the session of the game without ending the session in response to the first user logging off of the server; and outputting a solicitation to the gaming device of the second user for the second user to purchase an expanded license that allows the second user to play the expanded version of the game.