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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2003
Kevin C. Mowry, Irving, TX (US);
Ronald F. Buskey, Loves Park, IL (US);
Kevin C. Mowry, Irving, TX (US);
Ronald F. Buskey, Loves Park, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for distributing content in a communications network including obtaining () encrypted content, for example, from a content provider or from another subscriber terminal, obtaining () a rights object for the content, and in some embodiments obtaining an encrypted token based on the identity of the subscriber terminal obtaining the rights object, maintaining () a relation between the content and identity of the subscriber obtaining the rights object, and tracking () distribution of the content by the subscriber terminal that obtained the rights object in the content.