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US 2006/0235802 A1Published application
License confirmation via embedded confirmation challenge
AssigneeRealNetworks, Inc.
InventorsAdam Cappio, Joshua Hug
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Abstract
A method of operation on a license server comprises sending by the license server, a license, including a confirmation challenge, to a rights manager of a client device. The method of operation further comprises receiving by the license server, a confirmation response from the rights manager of the client device, the confirmation response being transmitted by the rights manager of the client device in accordance with data recovered by the rights manager from the confirmation challenge.
Claims22
A method of operation on a license server, comprising:
- sending by the license server, a license, including a confirmation challenge, to a rights manager of a client device, the confirmation challenge including data for providing a confirmation response by the client device;
- and
- receiving by the license server, a confirmation response from the rights manager of the client device, the confirmation response being transmitted by the rights manager of the client device, in accordance with said data recovered by the rights manager from the confirmation challenge included with the license.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a networked interface to couple the apparatus with a network;
- a processor coupled with the networked interface;
- and
- a license server adapted to be operated by the processor
- to generate and send a license, including a confirmation challenge, to a rights manager of a client device coupled with the network, the confirmation challenge including data for providing a confirmation response by the rights manager of the client device, and
- receive a confirmation response from the rights manager of the client device, the confirmation response being transmitted by the rights manager of the client device in accordance with the data recovered by the rights manager from the confirmation challenge.
3 more elements
A method of operation on a client device, comprising:
- receiving by the client device, from a license server, a license, including a confirmation challenge, the confirmation challenge including data for providing a confirmation response to the license server by the client device;
- providing the received license to a rights manager of the client device;
- recovering the confirmation challenge, by the rights manager, including the data for providing a confirmation response to the license server;
- and
- providing by the rights manager the confirmation response to the license server in accordance with the recovered data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.