Method, system, and device for license-centric content consumption

Abstract

A method, system, and device for license-centric content use or distribution, including a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of content; a shared license repository configured to access the data to govern the use of the content and to communicate with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system; and a user interface configured to interact with the pre-existing DRM system, and configured to allow the user to send a license associated with the content from the shared license repository to the pre-existing DRM system or to another shared license repository.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for managing a license on behalf of a user associated with a license apparatus, the method comprising:
 authenticating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a user as an authenticated user;   receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information corresponding to one or more content titles the user is permitted to use on a content protection system;   receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a request from the user for an inventory of at least one content title the user is permitted to use on the content protection system; and   transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an inventory of at least one content title of the one or more content titles the user is permitted to use on the content protection system.   
     
     
         2 . An apparatus for managing a license on behalf of a user, the apparatus comprising:
 one or more processors; and   one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to:
 authenticate a user as an authenticated user; 
 enable the receipt of information corresponding to one or more content titles the user is permitted to use on a content protection system; 
 enable the receipt of a request from the user for an inventory of at least one content title the user is permitted to use on the content protection system; and 
 enable the transmission of an inventory of at least one content title of the one or more content titles the user is permitted to use on the content protection system. 
   
     
     
         3 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:
 authenticate a user as an authenticated user;   receive information corresponding to one or more content titles the user is permitted to use on a content protection system;   receive a request from the user for an inventory of at least one content title the user is permitted to use on the content protection system; and   transmit an inventory of at least one content title of the one or more content titles the user is permitted to use on the content protection system.