System and method for accessing private digital content
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsBart Vrancken, Bart Theeten
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for providing access to private digital content are disclosed. The private digital content is owned by an owner and installed on a content server and access is provided to a first client which is capable of rendering said digital content. Predetermined information required for gaining authorized access to said content server by said first client is generated by a second client. The predetermined information is transferred from said second client to said first client then used by said first client to get access to said private digital content.
Claims15
A method for providing access to private digital content, owned by an owner and installed on a content server, to a digital media player (DMP) which is capable of rendering said digital content but not capable of generating authentication information, comprising the steps of:
- sending DMP specific information from the DMP to a digital media controller (DMC);
- receiving authentication information generated by the DMC from said DMP credentials, said authentication information required for gaining authorized access to private digital content on said content server;
- using said authentication information by said DMP to request a first token from the content server;
- using the first token to request approval for access to the private digital content from the owner;
- sending the first token and the DMP specific information to the DMC for the generation of second authentication information;
- using the second authentication to request a second token from the content server;
- and
- using the second token to access the private digital content from the content server.
A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium a digital media player (DMP) which is capable of rendering said digital content but not capable of generating authentication information, said computer program product comprising:
- computer code for transferring DMP specific information from said DMP to a digital media controller (DMC);
- computer code for receiving authentication information generated by said DMC from said DMP specific information, said authentication information required for gaining authorized access to private digital content on a content server by said DMP;
- computer code for using said authentication information by said DMP to request a first token from the content server;
- computer code for using the first token, by the DMP, to get access to the private digital content from the owner;
- computer code for sending the first token and the DMP specific information to the DMC for the generation of second authentication information;
- computer code for using the second authentication to request a second token from the content server;
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- computer code for using the second token to access the private digital content from the content server.
A digital media player (DMP) for rendering private digital content installed on a content server and protected by authentication information, the DMP lacking authentication capabilities, said DMP is configured to perform the following steps:
- transferring DMP specific information from said DMP to a digital media controller (DMC) capable of generating authentication information;
- receiving authentication information generated by said DMC from said DMP specific information, said authentication information required for gaining access to said private digital content;
- using said authentication information by said DMP to request a first token from the content server;
- using the first token, by the DMP, to get access to the private digital content from an owner of the private digital content;
- transferring the first token and the DMP specific information to the DMC for the generation of second authentication information;
- requesting, by the DMP, a second token from the content server;
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- using the second token to get access to the private digital content from the content server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.