Digital rights management system for clients with low level security

Abstract

A system for determining whether a client is authorized to access content in a communication network. The system includes a computer software product containing programming instructions for defining generic rules for accessing the content, and for identifying client selections related to the content. The computer software product further includes programming instructions for providing client entitlement data. The client entitlement data is compared to the generic rules and the client selections to determine whether the client is authorized to access the content. The computer software product further includes programming instructions for comparing the client entitlement data with the generic rules and the client selections to determine whether the client is authorized to access the content.

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