Rights management system for streamed multimedia content
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1. A method for a computing device to store digital licenses for rendering corresponding pieces of digital content, the method comprising:
- the computing device receiving a first license corresponding to a first content and a second license corresponding to a second content, wherein each of the first content and the second content are corresponding streams of digital content tuned from a combined signal comprising a plurality of streams of digital content, and wherein the second content has been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying and the first content has not been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying;
the computing device storing the first license in a temporary license store;
the computing device storing the second license in a permanent license store;
the computing device deleting the first license when the temporary license store is turned off or reset; and
the computing device maintaining the second license in the permanent license store when the permanent license store is turned off or reset.
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Abstract
A computing device segregates licenses for corresponding content according to relatively short lived licenses for relatively short lived content and relatively long lived licenses for relatively long lived content. The computing device stores the relatively short lived licenses in a more temporary and volatile license store, and the relatively long lived licenses in a more permanent and non-volatile license store. Thus, the relatively short lived licenses are deleted when the temporary license store is turned off and do not create disorder in the permanent license store.
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1. A method for a computing device to store digital licenses for rendering corresponding pieces of digital content, the method comprising:
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the computing device receiving a first license corresponding to a first content and a second license corresponding to a second content, wherein each of the first content and the second content are corresponding streams of digital content tuned from a combined signal comprising a plurality of streams of digital content, and wherein the second content has been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying and the first content has not been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying; the computing device storing the first license in a temporary license store; the computing device storing the second license in a permanent license store; the computing device deleting the first license when the temporary license store is turned off or reset; and the computing device maintaining the second license in the permanent license store when the permanent license store is turned off or reset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions implementing a method for a computing device to store digital licenses for rendering corresponding pieces of digital content, the method comprising:
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the computing device receiving a first license corresponding to a first content and a second license corresponding to a second content, wherein each of the first content and the second content are corresponding streams of digital content tuned from a combined signal comprising a plurality of streams of digital content, and wherein the second content has been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying and the first content has not been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying; the computing device storing the first license in a temporary license store; the computing device storing the second license in a permanent license store; the computing device deleting the first license when the temporary license store is turned off or reset; and the computing device maintaining the second license in the permanent license store when the permanent license store is turned off or reset. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device adapted to store digital licenses for rendering corresponding pieces of digital content, comprising:
a processor programmed to; receive a first license corresponding to a first content and a second license corresponding to a second content, wherein each of the first content and the second content are corresponding streams of digital content tuned from a combined signal comprising a plurality of streams of digital content, and wherein the second content has been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying and the first content has not been directed to be saved to a storage device for subsequent playback or copying; a temporary license store that stores the first license; and a permanent license store that stores the second license, wherein the processor is further programmed to delete the first license when the temporary license store is turned off or reset and to maintain the second license in the permanent license store when the permanent license store is turned off or reset. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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