Method, system, and device for license-centric content consumption
First Claim
1. A license apparatus configured to manage one or more licenses on behalf of one or more users associated with the license apparatus, the license apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors; and
one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to;
enable the receipt of information corresponding to a permitted use for a user to use one or more content titles on a plurality of content protection systems;
receive a request from the user via at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems for an inventory of at least one content title for which the user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems;
authenticate the user as an authenticated user based at least in part on authentication information provided by the user; and
transmit an inventory of the content titles for which the authenticated user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems based at least in part on the information corresponding to a permitted use.
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Abstract
A method, system, and device for license-centric content use or distribution, including a pre-existing digital rights management (DRM) system having a unique interface to a repository of data thereof to govern use of content; a shared license repository configured to access the data to govern the use of the content and to communicate with the unique interface of the pre-existing DRM system; and a user interface configured to interact with the pre-existing DRM system, and configured to allow the user to send a license associated with the content from the shared license repository to the pre-existing DRM system or to another shared license repository.
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31 Claims
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1. A license apparatus configured to manage one or more licenses on behalf of one or more users associated with the license apparatus, the license apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to; enable the receipt of information corresponding to a permitted use for a user to use one or more content titles on a plurality of content protection systems; receive a request from the user via at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems for an inventory of at least one content title for which the user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems; authenticate the user as an authenticated user based at least in part on authentication information provided by the user; and transmit an inventory of the content titles for which the authenticated user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems based at least in part on the information corresponding to a permitted use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices for managing one or more licenses on behalf of one or more users associated with a license apparatus, the method comprising:
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authenticating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a user as an authenticated user based at least in part on authentication information provided by the user; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, information corresponding to a permitted use for a user to use one or more content titles on a plurality of content protection systems; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a request from the user via at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems for an inventory of at least one content title for which the user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems; and transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an inventory of the content titles for which the authenticated user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems based at least in part on the information corresponding to a permitted use. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A client-side apparatus configured to communicate with at least one license apparatus to manage one or more licenses on behalf of one or more users associated with the client-side apparatus, the license apparatus storing information corresponding to a permitted use for a user to use one or more content titles on a plurality of content protection systems, the user being an authenticated user, the client-side apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to; transmit a request to a license apparatus for an inventory of at least one content title for which the user has a permitted use on the client-side apparatus as a content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems; transmit authentication information of the user to the license apparatus; and enable the receipt of, from the license apparatus, an inventory of the content titles for which the user has a permitted use on the client-side apparatus as a content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems based at least in part on information corresponding to a permitted use. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause at least one of the one or more computing devices to:
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authenticate a user as an authenticated user based at least in part on authentication information provided by the user; receive information corresponding to a permitted use for a user to use one or more content titles on a plurality of content protection systems; receive a request from the user via the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems for an inventory of at least one content title for which the user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems; and transmit an inventory of the content titles for which the authenticated user has a permitted use on the at least one content protection system of the plurality of content protection systems based at least in part on the information corresponding to a permitted use. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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