Patent 10078873 was granted and assigned to Intertrust (company) on September, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Systems and methods are described for applying digital rights management techniques to tethered devices. In one embodiment, a host device is operable to translate a relatively sophisticated license into a simpler format for use on a relatively low-capability device. In another embodiment, a method of using extended SCSI commands to communicate over a USB connection is provided.