SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING PRIVATE DIGITAL CONTENT

• US 20120210448A1
• Filed: 10/15/2010
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Vrancken, Bart, Theeten, Bart
• Granted Patent: US 9,071,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

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.

Claims

1. A method for providing access to private digital content, owned by an owner and installed on a content server, to a first client which is capable of rendering said digital content, comprising the steps of:

generating predetermined information by a second client, required for gaining authorized access to said content server by said first client;

transferring said predetermined information from said second client to said first client;

using said predetermined information by said first client to get access to said private digital content.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined information is dependent on first client specific information.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined information is dependent on second client specific information.

4. A method according to claims 2, further comprising transferring said first client specific information from said first client device to said second client device.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined information comprises information to authenticate the first client to the content server.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined information comprises owner specific information.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein said generating predetermined information by a second client comprises one or more standard Open Authentication calls.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein said generating predetermined information by a second client comprises interacting with a content management server such as a PeCMan server.

11. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein said predetermined information is dependent on first client specific information.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein said predetermined information is dependent on second client specific information.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein said predetermined information comprises information to authenticate the first client to the content server.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein said predetermined information comprises owner specific information.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein said computer program product is operable to generate predetermined information by a second client comprises one or more standard Open Authentication calls.

17. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein said computer program product is operable to generate predetermined information by a second client comprises interacting with a content management server.

9. A system for accessing private digital content owned by an owner, comprising

a content server comprising said private digital content;

a first client which is capable of rendering said digital content;

a second client owning said digital private content stored on said content server;

wherein said second client is adapted for generating predetermined information required for gaining authorized access to said content server by said first client;

wherein said second client is adapted for transferring said predetermined information to said first client; and

wherein said first client is adapted for using receiving said predetermined information from said second client to get access to said private digital content.

10. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

computer code for generating predetermined information by a second client, required for gaining authorized access to said content server by said first client;

computer code for transferring said predetermined information from said second client to said first client;

computer code for using said predetermined information by said first client to get access to said private digital content.

13. The computer program product as recited in 2, computer program product is operable to transfer said first client specific information from said first client device to said second client device.