Secure content distribution
AssigneeRimage Corporation
InventorsPriyadarshee Deeptarag Mathur, Robert J. Reutiman, Samir Mittal
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Abstract
In an example, a method of securing content is described. The method may include instantiating a content server on a client device. The method may also include operating the content server to retrieve content identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). The method may also include serving the content from the content server to a content renderer on the client device. The content renderer may be configured to render the content at the client device and to prohibit saving the content in the clear on the client device.
Claims35
A method of securing content, the method comprising:
- instantiating a content server on a client device;
- operating the content server to retrieve content identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI);
- and
- serving the content from the content server to a content renderer on the client device, wherein the content renderer is configured to render the content at the client device and to prohibit saving the content in the clear on the client device.
A method of subscribing to content from one or more publishers, the method comprising:
- registering a client device with a secure publishing system, including:
- providing a hardware fingerprint of the client device to the secure publishing system;
- creating a private key and a corresponding public key at the client device and sending the public key to the secure publishing system;
- and
- receiving a license number from the secure publishing system at the client device, wherein the license number is generated by the secure publishing system and is configured to uniquely identify the client device;
- and
- subscribing to a content channel served by the secure publishing system, including providing the license number and a channel identifier corresponding to the content channel to the secure publishing system.
A method of aggregating content metrics, the method comprising:
- providing content to a client device;
- providing a policy to the client device that governs consumption of the content by the client device;
- collecting content metrics associated with at least one of providing the content or consumption of the content;
- and
- analyzing the content metrics for at least one of fraud detection or content piracy reduction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.