Qing D Xia

20090320144, Dec 24, 2009

Jun 24, 2008

12/215102

Taiyuan Fang - San Diego CA, US
Uday Kumar Sinha - San Diego CA, US
Qing Xia - San Diego CA, US
Feng Zheng - San Diego CA, US

BROADCOM CORPORATION - IRVINE CA

G06F 7/04

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There is provided a method of transferring a protected content, in which the method comprises receiving from a first player the protected content via a transmission medium calculating usage rights associated with the protected content to confirm receipt from the first player of some or all of the usage rights associated with the protected content making available the protected content for distribution to a second player, and transmitting the protected content to the second player. The method also includes confirming that the first player has relinquished the some or all of the usage rights associated with the protected content prior to transmitting the protected content to the second player. The protected content may comprise a music file, and the some or all of the usage rights may comprise a usage right for a limited number of protected content players, or comprise a usage right for a limited time duration.