Methods, Systems, and Devices for Securing Content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsLloyd T. Whitfield, JR., Randy Zimler
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices secure content in memory. The content includes a lock that prohibits reading the content from memory. Prior to expiration of the lock the content cannot be read from memory. At expiration, however, the content is readable.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- downloading content to a device;
- and
- locking the content with a lock that prohibits accessing the content from memory of the device until expiration of the lock,
- wherein the expiration of the lock occurs at a date and time to permit the accessing the content from the memory.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory;
- and
- code stored in the memory that when executed causes the processor to:
- download content to a device;
- lock the content with a lock that prohibits accessing the content until expiration of the lock;
- and
- expire the lock at a date and time to permit accessing the content.
A computer-readable storage medium on which is encoded processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
- downloading content to a device;
- locking the content with a lock that prohibits accessing the content from memory of the device until expiration of the lock;
- and
- expiring the lock at a date and time to permit accessing the content.
The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions for prepositioning the content to the device.
The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions for previewing the content prior to the expiration of the lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.