TRANSFERRING AUTHORIZATION FROM AN AUTHENTICATED DEVICE TO AN UNAUTHENTICATED DEVICE

• US 20150242597A1
• Filed: 02/23/2015
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: DANCIU, Daniel Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/629,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20150242597A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/101 by binding digital rights to specific entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication

Abstract

A method and system for transferring authorization to play content from an authenticated device to an unauthenticated device, including receiving an indication that a user of a user device wishes to play a content item on a playback device, wherein the indication is associated with a content ID for a content item, a user credential for the user, and a playback device identifier for a playback device, and verifying the content ID and the user credential. Upon verifying the content ID and the user credential, a token for the content ID, the user ID and the playback device identifier is generated and sent to the playback device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, an indication that a user of a user device wishes to play a content item on a playback device, wherein the indication is associated with a content ID for the content item, a user credential for the user, and a playback device identifier for a playback device;

verifying, by the processing device, the content ID and the user credential;

upon verifying the content ID and the user credential, generating, by the processing device, a token for the content ID, the user identified by the user credential and the playback device identifier, wherein the token authorizes play of the content item on the playback device; and

sending, by the processing device, the token to the playback device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein access rights with respect the content item are defined based on one or more criteria.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more criteria comprise at least one of a limited list of viewers having access to the content item, a payment of a fee for viewing the content item, or a viewer age.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, from a content sharing platform associated with the content item, a request to verify the token, wherein the playback device sent a request to play the content item with the token to the content sharing platform; and

upon verification of the token, sending notification of the verification of the token to the content sharing platform.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the token is a non-cryptographic token.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising verifying that the user is authorized to view the content associated with the content ID.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is further associated with a time period for which the playback device is authorized to play the content.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication that a user of a user device wishes to play a content item on a playback device, wherein the indication is associated with a content ID for the content item, a user credential for the user, and a playback device identifier for a playback device;

verifying the content ID and the user credential;

upon verifying the content ID and the user credential, generating a token for the content ID, the user and the playback device identifier, wherein the token authorizes play of the content item on the playback device; and

sending the token to the playback device.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein access rights with respect the content item are defined based on one or more criteria.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the one or more criteria comprise at least one of a limited list of viewers having access to the content item, a payment of a fee for viewing the content item, or a viewer age.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a content sharing platform associated with the content item, a request to verify the token, wherein the playback device sent a request to play the content item with the token to the content sharing platform; and

upon verification of the token, sending notification of the verification of the token to the content sharing platform.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the token is a non-cryptographic token.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise verifying that the user is authorized to view the content associated with the content ID.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the indication is further associated with a time period for which the playback device is authorized to play the content.

15. A computing device comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to;

receive an indication that a user of a user device wishes to play a content item on a playback device, wherein the indication is associated with a content ID for the content item, a user credential for the user, and a playback device identifier for a playback device;

verify the content ID and the user credential;

upon verifying the content ID and the user credential, generate a token for the content ID, the user and the playback device identifier, wherein the token authorizes play of the content item on the playback device; and

send the token to the playback device.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein access rights with respect the content item are defined based on one or more criteria.

17. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the one or more criteria comprise at least one of a limited list of viewers having access to the content item, a payment of a fee for viewing the content item, or a viewer age.

18. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive, from a content sharing platform associated with the content item, a request to verify the token, wherein the playback device sent a request to play the content item with the token to the content sharing platform; and

upon verification of the token, send notification of the verification of the token to the content sharing platform.

19. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the token is a non-cryptographic token.

20. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further to verify that the user is authorized to view the content associated with the content ID.