Abstract: A system is disclosed for a digital rights management system which enforces license rights by establishing an account domain of registered consumer devices which may each receive a decryption key to be used to decode digital content bought by any of the devices within the account domain. Such system further enables the decentralization of content sharing by establishing a network of trusted intermediate devices to manage licenses on end devices for a central rights provider.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for a digital rights management system which enforces license rights by incorporating a decryption key in a license rights package that further includes an account number associated with a primary consumer. The digital rights management system also includes a mechanism for renewing/updating the license by charging the account number associated with a primary consumer. This way, the consumer may transfer the license rights package along with the digital content to any personal devices he likes but he is discouraged from freely disseminating the license package as uses by other consumers will be debited against his package or, if renewed/extended, charged against his account.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a framework for consistent and minimized development of Web-based applications. A preferred Web-based application of the present invention is built on a web server framework utilizing industry standard technologies relating to Web development and deployment. These technologies fall into three main areas: browser technology, Web server technology, and application server technology. A preferred Web architecture of the present invention is preferably based on HTTP, utilizing a browser, Middleware, and a Web Server, the Web Server comprising Java servlets, Java Server Pages, Java Beans, and a Web Server Framework. This architecture follows a standard Model, View, Controller pattern. Preferably, the initial servlet is the Controller, the Java Beans are the Model, and the JSP is the View. Preferred frameworks include an Error Framework, a Logging and Tracing Framework, a Connection Framework, a Reference Data Framework, a Security Framework, and an International Framework.