System and method for accessing private digital content
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1. A method for providing access to private digital content installed on a content server, wherein a content manager server has a number of clients potentially interested in the private digital content, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing, via the content management server, a first communication channel with a client of the number of clients;
receiving, via the content management server, a query for private digital content from the client and sending an appropriate response, causing the client to establish a second communication channel with the content server;
establishing, via the content management server, a secure session via a Transport Layer Security (TLS) tunnel with the content server over the first communication channel and the second communication channel; and
establishing, via the content management server, a new session key for the secure session and transmitting the new session key to the client, so that the client can obtain the queried private digital content from the content server as if the client is the content management server.
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Abstract
Method for providing access to private digital content installed on a content server C(s), wherein a content manager server C(a) has a number of clients potentially interested in the private content; the method comprising the following steps performed at the content management server C(a):
- establishing a first communication channel with a client C(b) of the number of clients;
- receiving a query for private digital content from the client C(b) and sending an appropriate response, causing the client to establish a second communication channel with the content server;
- establishing a secure session with the content server C(s) over the first and second communication channel;
- establishing a new session key for the secure session and transmitting said new session key to the client C(b), so that the client can obtain the queried private digital content from the content server as if the client is the content management server.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing access to private digital content installed on a content server, wherein a content manager server has a number of clients potentially interested in the private digital content, the method comprising the steps of:
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establishing, via the content management server, a first communication channel with a client of the number of clients; receiving, via the content management server, a query for private digital content from the client and sending an appropriate response, causing the client to establish a second communication channel with the content server; establishing, via the content management server, a secure session via a Transport Layer Security (TLS) tunnel with the content server over the first communication channel and the second communication channel; and establishing, via the content management server, a new session key for the secure session and transmitting the new session key to the client, so that the client can obtain the queried private digital content from the content server as if the client is the content management server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20)
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8. A method for obtaining private digital content by a client of a content management server, where the private digital content is installed on a content server, comprising the steps of:
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establishing, via the client, a first communication channel with the content management server; sending, via the client, a query for the private digital content to the content management server; establishing, via the client, a second communication channel with the content server, the query causing the content management server to set up with the content server a secure session via a Transport Layer Security (TLS) tunnel over the first communication channel and the second communication channel; receiving, via the client, a new session key established for the second secure session; and obtaining, via the client, the queried private digital content from the content server using the new session key as if the client is the content management server. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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17. A content management server for organizing private digital content of a plurality of clients, adapted to establish a secure session with a content server via a Transport Layer Security (TLS) tunnel after having received a query for private digital content from a client, wherein the client is adapted to establish a second communication channel with the content server, and
establish a new session key for the secure session and transmit the new session key to the client, so that the client can obtain the queried private digital content from the content server as if the client is the content management server.
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