Patent ID: 7783892

Claim:
A method, comprising: authenticating, at a first personal identification device, a first biometric input of a first user based on a biometric template of the first user stored at the first personal identification device; sending a subscription privilege associated with the first user from the first personal identification device of the first user to a first media device at a first location when the first biometric input is authentic such that the first media device ceases to inhibit output of media transmitted from a media provider based on the subscription privilege associated with the first user, the subscription privilege associated with the first user being configured to permit access to the media from the media provider associated with the subscription privilege associated with the first user; authenticating, at the first personal identification device, a second biometric input of the first user based on the biometric template of the first user stored at the first personal identification device; sending the subscription privilege associated with the first user from the first personal identification device to a second media device at a second location when the second biometric input is authentic such that the second media device ceases to inhibit output of the media transmitted from the media provider based on the subscription privilege associated with the first user, the second media device being different from the first media device, the second location being different from the first location, the media transmitted from the media provider to the first media device being concurrently transmitted from the media provider to the second media device; producing, at the first personal identification device, a subscription privilege associated with a second user different from the first user, the subscription privilege associated with the second user being configured to permit access to the media from the media provider associated with the subscription privilege associated with the first user; and sending from the first personal identification device to a second personal identification device the subscription privilege associated with the first user and the subscription privilege associated with the second user, the second personal identification device being associated with the second user.