Patent ID: 8671461

Claim:
A system for utilizing content comprising: a first computing device comprising one or more processors and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors of the first computing device; and a second computing device comprising one or more processors and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors of the second computing device, wherein the one or more memories of the first computing device have first instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors of the first computing device, cause at least one of the one or more processors of the first computing device to: transmit a request for access to content to the second computing device; receive the content from the second computing device; and grant, subsequent to the content being received by the first computing device, at least one permitted utilization of the content, wherein the at least one permitted utilization corresponds to one or more usage rights associated with the content, and wherein granting the at least one permitted utilization includes enforcing, by at least one of the one or more processors of the first computing device according to the first instructions and subsequent to the content being received by the first computing device, at least one condition of the one or more usage rights that correspond to the at least one permitted utilization, wherein the one or more memories of the second computing device have second instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors of the second computing device, cause at least one of the one or more processors of the second computing device to: receive the request for access to content from the first computing device; determine whether the first computing device is permitted to receive the content; grant access to the content based at least in part on the first computing device being permitted to receive the content; and transmit the content to the first computing device based at least in part on the first computing device being permitted to receive the content, and wherein the one or more memories of the first computing device have the first instructions stored thereon prior to the content being received by the first computing device.