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A premium content reproduction device, comprising:

• a set top box, including:
• a communication interface system including a wireless communication transceiver and a near field communication (NFC) transceiver;
• a storage device configured to store an object for an identified right of content usage;
• content reproduction circuitry configured to process received content for reproduction via an output device in accordance with the identified right of content usage;
• and
• a processor coupled to the communication interface system and the content reproduction circuitry, configured to implement functions, including functions to:
• establish, via the NFC transceiver, an NFC communication with a mobile device;
• receive, via the NFC transceiver and from the mobile device, a request including an identifier of the mobile device via the established NFC communication, wherein the request is associated with the object for the identified right of content usage;
• send, via the wireless communication transceiver and upon successful authentication of the mobile device based on the identifier, a first message to a rights issuer (RI) of the object for the identified right of content usage, directing the RI to deliver a copy of the object for the identified right of content usage to the mobile device, the copy of the object for the identified right of content usage having a limited period of validity based on a geo-fenced area to be established by the mobile device;
• delete, from the storage device, the object for the identified right of content usage in response to receiving, by the premium content reproduction device, a second message from the RI indicating delivery of the copy of the object for the identified right of content usage to the mobile device;
• track an expiration of the limited period of validity based on the geo-fenced area;
• and
• prompt the RI to deliver a new copy of the object for the identified right of content usage when a restoration of the copy of the object for the identified right of content usage in the premium content reproduction device has not occurred by the expiration of the limited period of validity.

A premium content reproduction device, comprising:

• a set top box, including:
• a communication interface system including a wireless communication transceiver and a near field communication (NFC) transceiver;
• content reproduction circuitry configured to process received content for reproduction via an output device in accordance with an identified right of content usage;
• and
• a processor coupled to the communication interface system and the content reproduction circuitry, configured to implement functions, including functions to:
• establish, via the NFC transceiver, an NFC communication with a mobile device;
• provide, responsive to a query received from the mobile device via the NFC transceiver, an identifier of the premium content reproduction device via the established NFC communication to the mobile device for authentication;
• receive, via the wireless communication transceiver and from a rights issuer (RI) of an object for the identified right of content usage as directed by the mobile device, a message including a copy of the object for the identified right of content usage that is transferred by the mobile device from another premium content reproduction device, wherein the copy of the object for the identified right of content usage is one of a copy of a Digital Rights Management (DRM) Rights Object (RO), encrypted information to be stored in a first secure element of the premium content reproduction device, or a subscription file to be stored in a cableCARD of the premium content reproduction device;
• process further received content for reproduction via the content reproduction circuitry, in accordance with the identified right of usage using the received copy of the object for the identified right of content usage;
• receive, upon the mobile device exiting a geo-fenced area relative to the premium content reproduction device, a notification:
• from the RI, when the copy of the identified right of content usage is the copy of the DRM RO, to delete the copy of the DRM RO,
• from a provider of the premium content, when the copy of the identified right of content usage is the subscription file, to disable the subscription file, and
• from the mobile device, when the copy of the identified right of content usage is encrypted information, to delete the encrypted information.