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US 9,177,158 B2Granted
Methods and systems for processing content rights
AssigneethePlatform, 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.
Claims26
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.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an access rights request at a first service element associated with a first uniform resource identifier, wherein the first uniform resource identifier is associated with one of a plurality of digital rights management solutions, and wherein the access rights request is based on access information associated with a selected content option;
- receiving user information relating to the access rights request;
- requesting, by the first service element, an access decision from a second service element based upon the requested access rights,
- wherein the second service element is accessed through a second uniform resource identifier,
- wherein the access decision relates to the selected content option,
- wherein the second service element is configured to receive access decision requests from a plurality of first service elements, and
- wherein the access decision relates at least in part to a compatible format;
- if the access rights are granted, generating a license, at the first service element, based upon one or more of the access rights request and the user information;
- and
- if the access rights are denied, generating a denial of license.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a first access decision request from a first service element associated with a first uniform resource identifier, wherein the first service element comprises a license generation service associated with a first compatible format;
- receiving first user information relating to the first access decision request;
- determining first access rights based upon the first user information;
- transmitting the first access rights determination to the first service element, wherein the first service element is configured to generate a first license if the first access rights are granted and generate a first denial of license if the first access rights are denied;
- receiving a second access decision request from a second service element associated with a second uniform resource identifier, wherein the second service element comprises a license generation service associated with a second compatible format, and wherein the first service element is different from the second service element;
- receiving second user information relating to the second access decision request;
- determining second access rights based upon the second user information;
- and
- transmitting the second access rights determination to the second service element, wherein the second service element is configured to generate a second license if the second access rights are granted and generate a second denial of license if the second access rights are denied.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.