Systems and methods for managing access to content assets

A method comprising:

• receiving, from a user device, a request for a content asset;
• sending, to the user device, an unsecured portion of the content asset, wherein a size of the unsecured portion of the content asset is based on an expected time associated with processing a license associated with the content asset for the user device;
• and
• sending, after processing the license, a secured portion of the content asset.

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
• send a request for a content asset;
• receive an unsecured portion of the content asset;
• and
• receive a secured portion of the content asset, wherein a size of the unsecured portion of the content asset is based on an expected time associated with processing a license associated with the content asset for the computing device.

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
• receive, from a user device, a request for a content asset;
• send, to the user device, an unsecured portion of the content asset, wherein a size of the unsecured portion of the content asset is based on an expected time associated with processing a license associated with the content asset for the user device;
• and
• send, after processing the license, a secured portion of the content asset.