Patent ID: 7957529

Claim:
A system to procure and audit digital rights management (DRM) event data, the system comprising: a first host computer configured to collect a first set of event data in a first event data format; the first host computer further configured to convert the first set of event data from the first event data format to at least one standardized event data format and communicate the first set of event data to an event data collection server for storage; and a second host computer configured to collect a second set of event data in a second event data format; the second host computer further configured to convert the second set of event data from the second event data format to the at least one standardized event data format and communicate the second set of event data to the event data collection server for storage; the event data collection server configured to store the first set of event data and the second set of event data in a centralized repository; the event data collection server further configured to authorize access to the first set of event data and the second set of event data for at least one audit computer; the at least one audit computer configured perform an event data audit corresponding to the first set of event data and the second set of event data.