PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS VIA A MOBILE DEVICE TO CONTENT SUBJECT TO A SUBSCRIPTION
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1. A method comprising:
- accessing content subscription information from a secure storage of a mobile device, the content subscription information associated with a content subscription of a user of the mobile device;
communicating the content subscription information from the mobile device to an authorization service of a content provider with a request to receive content subject to the content subscription;
receiving in the mobile device an authorization from the content provider, the authorization including a time bound identifier corresponding to a time bounded authorization to receive the content during a time bounded window; and
receiving the content and outputting the content via an output device associated with the mobile device during the time bounded window.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for accessing content subscription information from a secure storage of a mobile device, communicating the content subscription information to an authorization service of a content provider with a request to receive content, receiving in the mobile device an authorization from the content provider which includes a time bound identifier corresponding to a time bounded authorization to receive the content during a time bounded window, and receiving and outputting the content from the mobile device during the time bounded window. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. A method comprising:
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accessing content subscription information from a secure storage of a mobile device, the content subscription information associated with a content subscription of a user of the mobile device; communicating the content subscription information from the mobile device to an authorization service of a content provider with a request to receive content subject to the content subscription; receiving in the mobile device an authorization from the content provider, the authorization including a time bound identifier corresponding to a time bounded authorization to receive the content during a time bounded window; and receiving the content and outputting the content via an output device associated with the mobile device during the time bounded window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. At least one computer accessible medium including instructions that when executed cause a system to:
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receive identification information in an authorization service of a content provider for a content output device present at a location at which a subscriber having a content subscription with the content provider is temporarily located; receive user profile information associated with the subscriber from a mobile device to seek authorization to output content subject to the content subscription from the content output device for a time bounded duration; and responsive to authorization of the content output device by the system, enable communication of the content to the content output device so that the content can be output via the content output device during the time bounded duration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor to execute instructions; a security engine implemented in hardware of the apparatus, the security engine including an authorization module to enable a user to request content subject to a subscription of the user via an authorization service of a content provider, and a sharing policy module to enable the user to designate at least one other device to receive the content subject to the subscription; a secure storage to store a user subscription profile; and an output device to output content received in the apparatus subject to the subscription, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile device that is not a primary device for receiving the content and wherein the mobile device is permitted to output the content for a time bounded duration based on an authorization received from the authorization service of the content provider. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a first server to perform authentication and authorization operations responsive to identification information received from a mobile device of a subscriber of a content provider having a content subscription, wherein the identification information is received with a request to receive content subject to the content subscription at a device remote from a principal residence associated with the content subscription; a second server coupled to the first server to perform policy operations responsive to a communication from the mobile device, wherein the policy operations include access and update to policy information associated with the content subscription, including association of alternate content devices with the content subscription; and a third server coupled to the first and second servers to provide the content subject to the content subscription to the remote device responsive to authorization by the first server based at least in part on the policy information and the identification information, wherein the policy information indicates that the remote device is an alternate content device associated with the content subscription. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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