Method and system to digitally sign and deliver content in a geographically controlled manner via a network

A system to digitally sign a content license associated with content, the system including a content provider to generate the content, and to sign the content license utilizing a symmetric key.

A system to digitally sign a content license associated with content, the system including content provider means to generate the content, and to sign the content license utilizing a symmetric key.

A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method to digitally sign a content license associated with content, the method including:

• generating the content license at a content provider;
• and
• signing the content license utilizing a symmetric key.

A system to distribute content via a network in a geographically controlled manner, the system including:

• a content requestor;
• and
• a content distributor coupled to the content requestor via the network, to receive a request from a content requestor for delivery of content to the content requestor via the network, to perform a content requestor authorization process, the content requestor authorization process including determining a geographic location associated with the content requestor, determining geographic access criteria associated with the content, and determining whether the geographic location complies with the geographic access criteria, and to release the content for delivery to the content requestor if the content location complies with the geographic access criteria.

A system to distribute content via a network in a geographically controlled manner, the system including:

• content requestor means;
• and
• content distributor means coupled to the content requestor means via the network, to receive a request from content requestor means for delivery of content to the content requestor means via the network, to perform a content requestor authorization process, the content requestor authorization process including determining a geographic location associated with the content requestor means, determining geographic access criteria associated with the content, and determining whether the geographic location complies with the geographic access criteria, and to release the content for delivery to the content requestor means if the content location complies with the geographic access criteria.