Patent ID: 8837722

Claim:
A device comprising: a transcryption unit implemented, at least in part, in hardware, and configured to perform operations comprising: establishing one or more first secure, authenticated communication channels with a hardware or software entity or entities capable of providing encrypted entertainment content and an encrypted signed policy associated with said encrypted entertainment content and governing usage rights of said encrypted entertainment content, said encrypted signed policy encrypted with a public key corresponding to a private key in the transcription unit; receiving said encrypted entertainment content and said encrypted signed policy over said one or more first secure, authenticated communication channels; decrypting said encrypted entertainment content to provide decrypted entertainment content; decrypting said encrypted signed policy with the private key to provide a decrypted policy; establishing a second secure, authenticated communication channel with a hardware graphics unit, hardware audio unit, or hardware device unit; re-encrypting at least said decrypted entertainment content such that only said hardware graphics unit, hardware audio unit, or hardware device unit is permitted to decrypt at least said re-encrypted entertainment content; receiving, over the second secure, authenticated communication channel, a request associated with the usage of the entertainment content from said hardware graphics unit, hardware audio unit, or hardware device unit; sending, over the second secure, authenticated communication channel, said re-encrypted entertainment content to said hardware graphics unit, hardware audio unit, or hardware device unit; determining whether the entertainment content has been utilized based, at least in part, on said received request associated with the usage of the entertainment content, wherein utilizing the entertainment content comprises at least one of: copying the entertainment content; or playing the entertainment content; and responsive to determining the entertainment content has been utilized: generating at least one indication of the utilization of said encrypted entertainment content; and updating said decrypted policy to reflect the utilization of said encrypted entertainment content.