System and method for roaming protected content backup and distribution

A method comprising:

• providing a first request at a first user system coupled to a network to receive from a content provider:
• a content item;
• and
• a license to the content item;
• in response to the first request to the content provider, receiving at the first user system:
• the content item;
• and
• the license to the content item;
• providing a second request from the first user system that the content provider send to a remote storage system coupled to the network, wherein the remote storage system is coupled to the network separately from the first user system:
• the content item;
• and
• the license to the content item;
• providing a third request from the first user system on behalf of a second user system coupled to the network that the remote storage system send the content item to the second user system;
• providing a fourth request from the first user system on behalf of a first secure device coupled to the network that the remote storage system send the license to the content item to the first secure device;
• and
• in response to the fourth request, providing from the first secure device the license to the content item directly to the second user system, wherein the license to the content item is not sent from the first user system;
• wherein the first, second, third, and the fourth requests are different requests.

Machine-executable code for an information handling system comprising a first resource, wherein the machine-executable code is embedded within a non-transitory medium and includes instructions for carrying out a method comprising:

• providing a first request at a first user system to receive from a content provider:
• a content item;
• and
• a license to the content item;
• in response to providing the first request to the content provider, storing at the first user system:
• the content item;
• and
• the license to the content item;
• providing a second request from the first user system that the content provider send to a remote storage system coupled to the network, wherein the remote storage system is coupled to the network separately from the first user system:
• the content item;
• and
• the license to the content item;
• providing a third request from the first user system on behalf of a second user system coupled to the network that the remote storage system send the content item to the second user system;
• providing a fourth request from the first user system on behalf of a first secure device coupled to the network that the remote storage system send the license to the content item to the first secure device;
• and
• in response to the fourth request, providing from the first secure device the license to the content item directly to the second user system, wherein the license to the content item is not sent from the first user system;
• wherein the first, second, third, and the fourth requests are different requests.