System and method for providing multimedia digital rights transfer

Abstract

A method for transferring digital multimedia rights, the method including but not limited to requesting permission from the destination end user to transfer the digital multimedia rights to the destination end user device; and if the permission is received from the destination end user, canceling the source set of digital multimedia rights associated with the source end user and transferring the source set of digital multimedia rights associated with the source end user to the destination end user device. A system and computer program product are disclosed for performing the method.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device, comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:   determining that a source end user device has registered with an access point associated with a destination end user device;   based on the determining, identifying, among a set of digital multimedia rights associated with a source end user of the source end user device, a subset of digital multimedia rights to be transferred from the source end user device to the destination end user device;   automatically transferring the subset of digital multimedia rights from the source end user device to the destination end user device;   initiating a timer according to a duration for which transfer of the subset of digital multimedia rights to the destination end user device is valid; and   after expiration of the timer, restoring digital multimedia rights of the destination end user device to a state that existed before the automatically transferring occurred.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, upon expiration of the timer, causing a query to be provided to the source end user regarding extending the duration. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the restoring is based at least in part on the query not being acknowledged. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, after the automatically transferring and prior to the expiration of the timer, monitoring registration of the source end user device with the access point to determine whether to restore the digital multimedia rights of the destination end user device to the state that existed before the automatically transferring occurred. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the automatically transferring is based at least in part on a user indication in a source end user profile of the source end user to automatically transfer the subset of digital multimedia rights to the destination end user device when the source end user device registers with the access point. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the source end user device comprises a mobile device. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the destination end user device comprises a set top box. 
     
     
         8 . A method, comprising:
 determining, by a processing system including a processor, that a source end user device has registered with a femtocell associated with a destination end user device;   based on the determining, identifying, by the processing system and among a set of digital multimedia rights associated with a source end user of the source end user device, a subset of digital multimedia rights to be transferred from the source end user device to the destination end user device;   transferring, by the processing system, the subset of digital multimedia rights from the source end user device to the destination end user device;   initiating, by the processing system, a timer according to a duration for which transfer of the subset of digital multimedia rights to the destination end user device is valid; and   after expiration of the timer, removing, by the processing system, the subset of digital multimedia rights from the destination end user device.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising, upon expiration of the timer, causing, by the processing system, a query to be provided to the source end user regarding extending the duration. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the removing is based at least in part on the query not being acknowledged. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising, after the transferring and prior to the expiration of the timer, monitoring, by the processing system, registration of the source end user device with the femtocell to determine whether to remove the subset of digital multimedia rights from the destination end user device. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the transferring is based at least in part on a user indication in a source end user profile of the source end user to automatically transfer the subset of digital multimedia rights to the destination end user device when the source end user device registers with the femtocell. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the source end user device comprises a mobile device. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the destination end user device comprises a set top box. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 determining that a source end user device has registered with an access point associated with a destination end user device;   based on the determining, identifying, a subset of digital multimedia rights to be transferred from the source end user device to the destination end user device;   causing the subset of digital multimedia rights to be transferred from the source end user device to the destination end user device;   initiating a timer according to a duration for which transfer of the subset of digital multimedia rights to the destination end user device is valid; and   after expiration of the timer, removing the subset of digital multimedia rights from the destination end user device.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise, upon expiration of the timer, causing a query to be provided to the source end user regarding extending the duration. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein the removing is based at least in part on the query not being acknowledged. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise, after the causing and prior to the expiration of the timer, monitoring registration of the source end user device with the access point to determine whether to remove the subset of digital multimedia rights from the destination end user device. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the causing is based at least in part on a user indication in a source end user profile of a source end user to automatically transfer the subset of digital multimedia rights to the destination end user device when the source end user device registers with the access point. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the source end user device comprises a mobile device, and wherein the destination end user device comprises a set top box.