Patent ID: 8675878

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a first distributor, a digital receipt from a client device for access to a content, the digital receipt including a title identification and information relating to a prior purchase of the content from a second distributor other than the first distributor, wherein the digital receipt does not include a key for decrypting the content; transmitting, by the first distributor, a key request to a central key repository (CKR) in response to receiving the digital receipt, the key request including the title identification; receiving, by the first distributor, an encrypted first key from the CKR in response to transmitting the key request; decrypting, by the first distributor, the encrypted first key using a second key to retrieve the first key; and providing, by the first distributor, a digital rights management (DRM) license, including the first key, for the content to the client device, in response to receiving the digital receipt from the client device.