Disclosed is a system and method that tracks the usage of rented digital
assets. A server includes an asset database that stores a digital asset, the title
of the digital asset, and a server usage count for the digital asset. The computing
device stores a rented digital asset and further stores an asset usage count list
that includes the title of the rented digital asset and a usage count that indicates
the amount of usage of the rented digital asset by the computing device. The server
uploads the asset usage count list from the computing device and matches the title
of the rented digital asset from the asset usage count list with the title of the
same digital asset stored in the asset database. Further, the server adds the usage
count of the rented digital asset to the server usage count for the digital asset
in the asset database.