Patent ID: 8713702

Claim:
A method for a digital media content distribution service to distribute digital media content, the method comprising: accepting by a server of the digital media content distribution service, a digital communication connection from a subscriber device of a subscriber of the digital media content distribution service, the subscriber device having a subscriber identification module with a unique subscriber identifier of the subscriber stored therein; receiving from the subscriber device, by the server, a digital performance licensing request for a media content; generating by the server, a digital performance right key for the media content for the subscriber, the digital performance right key comprising the unique subscriber identifier and a unique identifier of the media content; providing by the server, the digital performance right key to the subscriber device for storage in the subscriber identifier module; receiving directly from the subscriber device, by the server, a digital streaming request for streaming the media content independent from the subscriber device directly to an apparatus located proximally to the subscriber device, the digital streaming request including the digital performance right key; performing, by the server, a validation procedure to verify that the subscriber device is proximally disposed to the proximally located apparatus; and solely in response to the digital streaming request received directly from the subscriber device, streaming the media content directly to a media player of the proximally located apparatus without additionally receiving the digital streaming request from the proximally located apparatus, wherein the media content is encrypted by the digital performance right key comprising the unique subscriber identifier and the unique identifier of the media content.