Licensing rights for media content that follows a subscriber
AssigneeEricsson Television Inc.
InventorsAlan Rouse, Charles Dasher
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer-readable medium providing licensing rights for media content that follows a subscriber so that the subscriber may experience the media content on various content distribution platforms. In particular embodiments, the systems, methods, and computer-readable medium transfer licensing rights for a user for particular media content that is associated with a first device on a first distribution platform so that the rights are associated with a second device on a second distribution platform. As a result, in various embodiments, the user is able to experience the particular media content with the use of the second device on the second distribution platform.
Claims20
A system for transferring licensing rights for a user for a particular media content associated with a first device on a first distribution platform to be associated with a second device on a second distribution platform comprising:
- at least one computer processor configured to:
- (a) receive a request to transfer the licensing rights associated with the first device on the first distribution platform to be associated with the second device on the second distribution platform for the particular media content, the request comprising user identification information for the user and licensing rights information on the licensing rights of the user for the particular media content;
- (b) contact the user to request the user to provide a user verification to transfer the licensing rights associated with the first device on the first distribution platform to be associated with the second device on the second distribution platform for the particular media content;
- (c) receive the user verification from the user;
- (d) determine whether the user verification indicates the user would like to transfer the licensing rights;
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- (e) in response to the user verification indicating to transfer the licensing rights, send a message to the second distribution platform, the message comprising at least a portion of the licensing rights information on the licensing rights of the user for the particular media content, wherein the second distribution platform associates the licensing rights with the second device so that the user can play the particular media content on the second device.
The system of Claim I, wherein the request further comprises platform identification information for the second distribution platform and the at least one processor is configured to:
- identify the second distribution platform based at least in part on the platform identification information;
- contact the second distribution platform to request the second distribution platform to provide a platform verification that the user has authorization to transfer the licensing rights to be associated with the second device on the second distribution platform for the particular media content;
- receive the platform verification from the second distribution platform;
- determine whether the platform verification indicates the user can transfer the licensing rights to be associated with the second device;
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- in response to the platform verification indicating the user can transfer the licensing rights to be associated with the second device, perform (b) through (e).
A method for transferring licensing rights for a user for a particular media content associated with a first device on a first distribution platform to be associated with a second device on a second distribution platform, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a request over a network by at least one computing device comprising at least one processor to transfer the licensing rights associated with the first device on the first distribution platform to be associated with the second device on the second distribution platform for the particular media content, the request comprising user identification information for the user and licensing rights information on the licensing rights of the user for the particular media content;
- (b) contacting the user by the at least one processor to request the user to provide a user verification to transfer the licensing rights associated with the first device on the first distribution platform to be associated with the second device on the second distribution platform for the particular media content;
- (c) receiving the user verification from the user;
- (d) determining by the at least one processor whether the user verification indicates to transfer the licensing rights;
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- (e) in response to the user verification indicating to transfer the licensing rights, sending a message by the at least one processor to the second distribution platform, the message comprising at least a portion of the licensing rights information on the licensing rights of the user for the particular media content, wherein the second distribution platform associates the licensing rights with the second device so that the user can play the particular media content on the second device.
A computer-readable medium containing executable code for transferring licensing rights for a user for a particular media content associated with a first device on a first distribution platform to be associated with a second device on a second distribution platform, that when executed by a processor of a computer device causes the processor to:
- (a) receive a request to transfer the licensing rights associated with the first device on the first distribution platform to be associated with the second device on the second distribution platform for the particular media content, the request comprising user identification information for the user and licensing rights information on the licensing rights of the user for the particular media content;
- (b) contact the user to request the user to provide a user verification to transfer the licensing rights associated with the first device on the first distribution platform to be associated with the second device on the second distribution platform for the particular media content;
- (c) receive the user verification from the user;
- (d) determine whether the user verification indicates to transfer the licensing rights;
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- (e) in response to the user verification indicating to transfer the licensing rights, send a message to the second distribution platform, the message comprising at least a portion of the licensing rights information on the licensing rights of the user for the particular media content, wherein the second distribution platform associates the licensing rights with the second device so that the user can play the particular media content on the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.