Apparatus and method for securely managing the accessibility to content and applications

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a secure device processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• generating a first verification for access to content that is sourced via a source server, wherein the first verification is based on non-secret information, wherein the content is accessed from the source server based on the first verification and a second verification, wherein the second verification is generated by a secure element having a secure element memory, the secure element separate from the secure device processor and in communication therewith, the second verification based on secret information that is stored in the secure element memory without the secure element providing the secret information to the secure device processor, and wherein the secure device processor does not have access to the secret information;
• generating consumption information by monitoring the access to the content;
• providing the consumption information associated with the access to the content to the secure element;
• and
• preventing the secure device processor from further accessing the content according to access instructions from the secure element, wherein the access instructions are responsive to the consumption information.

A method comprising:

• generating, by a processing system comprising a secure device processor, a first verification for access to content that is sourced via a source server, wherein the first verification is based on non-secret information, wherein the content is accessed from the source server based on the first verification and a second verification, wherein the second verification is generated by a secure element having a secure element memory, the secure element separate from the secure device processor and in communication therewith, the second verification based on secret information that is stored in the secure element memory without the secure element providing the secret information to the secure device processor;
• generating, by the processing system, consumption information by monitoring the access to the content;
• providing, by the processing system, the consumption information associated with the access to the content to the secure element, the consumption information indicating that the content has been presented by the device;
• and
• preventing, by the processing system, the secure device processor from further accessing the content according to access instructions from the secure element, wherein the access instructions are responsive to the consumption information.