Methods and Systems For Processing Content Rights
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
InventorAlfred J. Stappenbeck
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Abstract
A system and method for processing content access rights and/or entitlement rights are disclosed. A method, in one aspect, provides for receiving a selection of a content option, requesting access information associated with the selected content option, receiving access information comprising location information relating to a compatible format, requesting access rights from a first service associated with the location information, wherein the first service requests an access decision relating to the selected content option from a second service based upon the access rights, and receiving the access rights.
Claims1
A method comprising:
- receiving a selection of a content option;
- receiving access information based upon the selected content option, the access information comprising a first uniform resource identifier, wherein the first uniform resource identifier is associated with one of a plurality of digital rights management solutions;
- requesting access rights from a first service using the first uniform resource identifier, wherein the first service is configured to request an access decision from a second service based upon the requested access rights,
- wherein the second service is accessed through a second uniform resource identifier,
- wherein the access decision relates to the selected content option,
- wherein the second service is configured to receive access decision requests from a plurality of first services,
- wherein the access decision relates at least in part to a compatible format, and
- wherein the first service is configured to generate a license if the access rights are granted and generate a denial of license if the access rights are denied;
- and
- receiving the generated license or the denial of license based upon the access decision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.