Patent ID: 8230518

Claim:
A method for digital content access control, comprising: providing access by a user device to a rights locker provider for a rights locker, wherein said user device includes a token for use in creating authenticated rights locker access requests; determining, on said user device, a digital content specification associated with a digital content stored on a digital content repository, and an associated authenticated rights locker access request, which is associated with said digital content specification, wherein said associated authenticated rights locker access request was previously authenticated by said rights locker provider for the rights locker; sending, from said user device to said rights locker provider for the rights locker, said authenticated rights locker access request and said digital content specification; receiving, on said user device, from said rights locker provider, in response to said sending, and based on a status of said token a new authenticated rights locker access request, that replaces the authenticated rights locker access request, wherein said new authenticated rights locker access request is embedded in a Web cookie, and a Web page with that includes one or more clickable links in response to said sending, wherein at least one of said one or more clickable links is associated with an authenticated digital content request; storing at least part of said new authenticated rights locker access request on said user device; receiving, on said user device, an indication of a user selection of said one or more clickable links associated with the authenticated digital content request; sending, from said user device, the authenticated digital content request associated with said one or more clickable links to the digital content repository; and receiving, on said user device from said digital content repository, in response to sending said authenticated digital content request, said digital content.