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US 10,475,010 B2Granted
Federated entertainment access service
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsJames M. Alkove, Chadd B. Knowlton
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Abstract
This document describes tools capable of managing digital content from multiple content providers based on a user's identity. By so doing, the tools may free people from the limitations of their storage media and devices. The tools may perform these and other actions through an indirect relationship with users, such as when third-party content providers use the tools but provide their own direct interface with users.
Claims12
A method implemented by a computing device comprising:
- receiving, from a third-party content provider of one or more third-party content providers and by the computing device:
- an indication of a selected entertainment content;
- information indicating an identity of a user;
- and
- device identification information indicating an identity of a selected device to which the selected entertainment content is to be downloaded and on which the selected entertainment is to be played, the selected entertainment to be downloaded from the third-party content provider;
- determining, by the computing device and based on the device identification information of the selected device and a profile associated with the identity of the user, that the selected device matches device identification information contained in the profile of the user;
- determining, by the computing device, an advertisement to play with the selected entertainment content based on the profile associated with the identity of the user;
- determining, by the computing device and based on the identity of the selected device and the profile associated with the identity of the user, a resolution at which to play the determined advertisement and the selected entertainment content, the determined resolution matching a maximum resolution of the selected device;
- and
- indicating, by the computing device and to the third-party content provider, the determined advertisement to play and the determined resolution.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.