Adapting protected content for a receiving terminal

A method of adapting digital rights management protected content for a receiving terminal, the method comprising:

• receiving information identifying the receiving terminal and at least part of protected content from a content sender network entity;
• determining an appropriate form of the protected content for the receiving terminal based on information identifying the receiving terminal and the at least part of the protected content;
• and
• sending the appropriate form of the protected content or information identifying the appropriate form to a content sender network entity.

A communication system of adapting digital rights management protected content, comprising:

• a sending terminal;
• a receiving terminal;
• a content sender network entity connected to the sending terminal and receiving terminal via a distribution network;
• a content issuer network entity connected to the content sender network entity;
• wherein the content sender network entity comprises:
• a first receiver configured to receive protected content from the sending terminal and an appropriate form of the protected content or information identifying the appropriate form from the content issuer network entity;
• a first transmitter configured to send information identifying the receiving terminal and at least part of the protected content and to send the appropriate form of the protected content to the receiving terminal;
• wherein the content issuer network entity comprises:
• a second receiver configured to receive information identifying the receiving terminal and at least part of the protected content from a content sender network entity;
• a second processing entity configured to determine the appropriate form of the protected content for the receiving terminal based on information identifying the receiving terminal and the at least part of the protected content;
• and
• a second transmitter configured to send the determined appropriate form of the protected content or information identifying the appropriate form to the content sender network entity.

A content issuer network entity of adapting digital rights management protected content for a recipient terminal, comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive information identifying the receiving terminal and at least part of the protected content from a content sender network entity;
• a processing entity configured to determine the appropriate form of the protected content for the receiving terminal based on information identifying the receiving terminal and the at least part of the protected content;
• and
• a transmitter configured to send the determined appropriate form of the protected content or information identifying the appropriate form to the content sender network entity.

A computer program product comprising code stored on at least one data-processing device readable medium, the code adapted to perform the following steps when executed on a data-processing system:

• receiving protected content from a sending terminal;
• sending information identifying the receiving terminal and at least part of the protected content to a content issuer network entity;
• receiving an appropriate form of the protected content or information identifying the appropriate form from the content issuer network entity;
• and
• sending the appropriate form of the protected content to the receiving terminal.

A computer program product comprising code stored on at least one data-processing device readable medium, the code adapted to perform the following steps when executed on a data-processing system:

• receiving information identifying the receiving terminal and at least part of protected content from a content sender network entity;
• determining an appropriate form of the protected content for the receiving terminal based on information identifying the receiving terminal and the at least part of the protected content;
• and
• sending the appropriate form of the protected content or information identifying the appropriate form to a content sender network entity.