Patent ID: 8385828

Claim:
A communications network comprising: a first device configured to transmit a first digital rights management (DRM) credential and a first location designation via a first peer-to-peer communication; a second device configured to transmit a first portion of a second content, a second digital rights management (DRM) credential, and a second location designation of a second portion of the second content via a second peer-to-peer communication, wherein the first portion of the second content and the second portion of the second content comprise the same type of content; a server containing a first content referenced by the first location designation and the second portion of the second content referenced by the second location designation; and a third device configured to receive the first DRM credentials and the first location designation from the first device via the first peer-to-peer communication, to provide the first DRM credential to the server, to access the first content referenced by the first location designation from the server, and to playback the first content, and configured to receive the first portion of the second content, the second DRM credentials, and the second location designation from the second device via the second peer-to-peer communication, to provide the second DRM credential to the server, to access the second portion of the second content referenced by the second location designation from the server, and to playback the second content.