Media Storage and Playback of Encrypted Content
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorMaurice Garcia
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Abstract
A content distribution system is disclosed that supports verification of transmission. In some embodiments, a remote probe device captures content and sends the content to a decrypting device so that decryption may be performed. The decrypting device may archive the content and may subsequently send the content to the probe device or to a playback device so that the content may be displayed. Consequently, the content distribution system can verify that specified content (e.g., an advertisement) was correctly distributed according to scheduled information.
Claims21
(canceled)
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- receive, from a first device, instructions for capturing, based on a scheduled transmission of a content item, encrypted content;
- capture, from a second device and based on the instructions, the encrypted content;
- send the encrypted content to a third device remotely located from the apparatus;
- and
- retrieve decrypted content from the third device, wherein the decrypted content is representative of the content item.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- receive, from a first device, instructions for capturing, based on a scheduled transmission of a content item, encrypted content;
- capture, from a second device via a network, the encrypted content;
- send the encrypted content to a third device;
- retrieve decrypted content from the third device, wherein the decrypted content comprises a decrypted representation of the content item;
- and
- verify the scheduled transmission by outputting, for display, a portion of the decrypted content.
A system comprising:
- a first computing device;
- a second computing device;
- and
- a third computing device located remote from the first computing device;
- wherein the first computing device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
- receive, from the second computing device, instructions for capturing, based on a scheduled transmission of a content item, encrypted content;
- capture, from a fourth computing device and based on the instructions, the encrypted content;
- send, to the third computing device, the encrypted content;
- retrieve, from the third computing device, decrypted content, wherein the decrypted content comprises a decrypted representation of the content item;
- and
- verify the scheduled transmission by comparing the decrypted content to the content item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.