Patent ID: 8205001

Claim:
A system for wirelessly accessing content and applications to play or use the content, comprising: a mobile device configured to request the content, comprising: a memory configured to store less than all of a plurality of applications at a time, wherein each of the plurality of applications is configured to play or use the content according to a corresponding one of a plurality of content management protocols, and wherein the plurality of applications comprises an application configured to play or use content according to the open digital rights language protocol and an application configured to play or use content according to the extensible rights markup language protocol; and a content consumption component configured to play or use the content using one of the plurality of applications that is stored in the memory; a swapping component configured to receive a request for any one of the plurality of the applications and to communicate the requested one of the plurality of applications to the mobile device for storage in the memory and use by the content consumption component; and a content component configured to receive a request for the content from the mobile device and to communicate the content to the mobile device according to a first of the plurality of content management protocols, wherein the swapping component receives a request for and communicates a first of the plurality of applications to the mobile device for storage in the memory and use by the content consumption component to play or use the content according to the first of the plurality of content management protocols.