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Method and system for managing digital rights for content

  • US 8,745,654 B1
  • Filed: 02/09/2012
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving guide data at a user device;

    displaying the guide data on a display associated with the user device;

    selecting content from the guide data and forming a selection signal for the content;

    communicating a digital rights determination signal to a first authentication module in response to selecting;

    performing a concurrency check on the digital rights determination signal;

    in response to performing the concurrency check, communicating a query signal from the first authentication module to a second authentication module to determine whether the user device is authorized to receive content associated with the selection signal;

    when the user device is authorized, communicating an address of a content delivery module for the content from the second authentication module to a digital rights management server through the first authentication module; and

    communicating a request for the content to a content delivery module using the address of the content delivery module;

    communicating the content to the user device; and

    displaying content on the display associated with the user device.

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