Patent ID: 8429755

Claim:
A method of receiving digital content, the method comprising: sending from a first mobile device to an operator over its wireless communications network a request for digital content, wherein the request initiates the operator to acquire the digital content from a second mobile device over the wireless communications network; receiving at the first mobile device a message from the operator, the message including first pointer that points to the digital content from the second mobile device; receiving at the first mobile device a modified protected digital content package, wherein the modified protected digital content package includes: a uniform resource locator (URL) of a rights issuer concatenated with a pointer that points to a source of the digital content that is distinct from the rights issuer; encrypted content that includes modified digital content, wherein the modified digital content includes the digital content modified to include a second pointer that points to rights issuance information associated with the digital content and to include information about the source of the digital content; and information that shows an integrity check for the encrypted modified digital content has been completed; and applying the rights issuance information to enable use of the digital content.