Shabbir E Mukadam

US Patent:

7512973, Mar 31, 2009

Filed:

Sep 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/936391

Inventors:

Shabbir Mukadam - Overland Park KS, US
Pujan Roka - Olathe KS, US

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

H04L 9/32

US Classification:

726 10, 726 8, 726 9, 726 20, 713185, 705 56, 380272

Abstract:

A method and system for wireless access provider management of digital rights. A wireless carrier receives a content request transmitted from a given wireless client station. The carrier determines by reference to digital rights management data that the requested content is premium content and then determines if the requesting party has the right to obtain the content. If the party does not have the right to obtain the content, the wireless carrier may engage in a payment collection process, to collect the party's payment for the content. Upon determination that the requesting party has the right to obtain the content, the wireless carrier inserts an access-token into the content request and sends the content request, with the access-token, to the content provider. The content provider can then rely on the access-token as proof that the requesting party has the right to obtain the requested content.