Conditional access system and method
First Claim
1. A method for providing conditional access to electronic content, the method comprising acts of:
- providing electronic content to at least one user;
providing, to the at least one user, authorization information associated with the electronic content; and
permitting use of the electronic content if the authorization information indicates that the at least one user is authorized to use the electronic content.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of and systems for providing conditional access to electronic content. Electronic content is provided to a user along with authorization information. The electronic content may be transmitted to the user, and the user may use the authorization information to access the electronic content. An authorization code may be provided to the user such that the user may be granted access to the content based on a comparison of the provided authorization code and a second authorization code transmitted with the electronic content, and transmission of the second authorization code may be controlled by a content provider to control access by the user.
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66 Claims
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1. A method for providing conditional access to electronic content, the method comprising acts of:
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providing electronic content to at least one user;
providing, to the at least one user, authorization information associated with the electronic content; and
permitting use of the electronic content if the authorization information indicates that the at least one user is authorized to use the electronic content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable signals stored thereon that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, instruct the computer to perform a method for providing conditional access to electronic content, the method comprising acts of:
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providing electronic content to at least one user;
providing, to the at least one user, authorization information associated with the electronic content; and
permitting use of the electronic content if the authorization information indicates that the at least one user is authorized to use the electronic content. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system for providing conditional access to electronic content, the system comprising:
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a receiver that receives electronic content and authorization information associated with the electronic content; and
an authorization component that permits use, by at least one user, of the received electronic content if the authorization information indicates that the at least one user is authorized to use the electronic content. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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