Method, system, mobile device, apparatus and computer program product for validating rights objects

A system for determining whether one or more rights objects associated with a mobile device are valid, said system comprising:

• a DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) network entity;
• and
• a mobile device capable of accessing the DVB-H network entity, said mobile device comprising:
• a secure clock;
• a processor configured to maintain the secure clock;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, said memory storing one or more rights objects associated with the mobile device, said memory further storing an application executable by the processor, wherein the application is configured, upon execution, to retrieve a DVB-H network time from the DVB-H network entity, to update the secure clock based at least in part on the DVB-H network time retrieved, and to use the secure clock to determine whether the one or more rights objects are valid.

A mobile device configured to determine whether one or more rights objects associated with the mobile device are valid, said mobile device comprising:

• a secure clock;
• a processor configured to maintain the secure clock;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, said memory storing an application executable by the processor, wherein the application is configured, upon execution, to:
• retrieve a DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) network time;
• update the secure clock based at least in part on the DVB-H network time;
• and
• use the secure clock to determine whether one or more rights objects associated with the mobile device are valid.

An apparatus capable of determining whether one or more rights objects associated with a mobile device are valid, said mobile device comprising:

• means for retrieving a DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) network time;
• means for updating a secure clock maintained on the mobile device based at least in part on the DVB-H network time;
• and
• means for using the secure clock to determine whether one or more rights objects associated with the mobile device are valid.

A computer program product for determining whether one or more rights objects associated with a mobile device are valid, wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion for retrieving a DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld) network time;
• a second executable portion for updating a secure clock maintained on the mobile device based at least in part on the DVB-H network time;
• and
• a third executable portion for using the secure clock to determine whether one or more rights objects associated with the mobile device are valid.