Patent ID: 8230087

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a first device, content protected by a geographic constraint; identifying, by the first device, a second device that is capable of determining a geographic location of the second device, wherein the second device is physically separate from the first device; in response to identifying the second device that is capable of determining the geographic location of the second device, determining, by the first device, that the second device is within a predefined proximity of the first device, wherein the predefined proximity defines a boundary outside of which devices are not authorized to receive the geographic location of the second device; and in response to determining that the second device is within the predefined proximity: requesting location information from the second device; receiving, at the first device, the requested location information from the second device, wherein the requested location information includes the geographic location of the second device as determined by the second device; determining, by the first device, whether the requested location information satisfies the geographic constraint associated with the protected content; and enabling, by the first device, access to the protected content in response to determining that the requested location information satisfies the geographic constraint.