Patent ID: 8108319

Claim:
A method for controlling access to computer readable content, comprising the operations of: receiving a digital authentication ticket, obtained by a client device and saved in memory of the client device, before being transmitted to a computer system having particular computer readable content, wherein the digital authentication ticket includes a digital code, the digital code being separate from the particular computer readable content and the digital authentication ticket being received by the client device at a location separate from a location of the particular computer readable content; transferring the digital authentication ticket wirelessly from the client device to the computer system; determining, at the computer system, whether the digital authentication ticket is defined to unlock the particular computer readable content when the digital authentication ticket is obtained; allowing access to the particular computer readable content at the computer system when the digital authentication ticket unlocks the particular computer readable content; and preventing access to the particular computer readable content at the computer system when the digital authentication ticket does not unlock the particular computer readable content; wherein the client device is connected to a communication network and obtains the digital authentication ticket via the communication network, the client device being capable of obtaining the digital authentication ticket anywhere the client device has access to the communication network.