PERSONAL LICENSE SERVER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF

A personal license server and methods for use thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a personal license server is provided comprising a memory and circuitry operative to receive a digital rights management (DRM) license from a license server, store the DRM license in the memory, and provide the DRM license to a personal license server client, wherein the personal license server client receives the DRM license without communicating with the license server. In another embodiment, a personal license server client is provided that receives, from a license requester, a request for a digital rights management (DRM) license from a license server; in response to the request, communicates with a personal license server instead of the license server to receive the DRM license; and provides the DRM license to the license requester. Other embodiments are provided, and each of these embodiments can be used alone or in combination with one another.