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Systems and methods for managing digital rights based on a union or intersection of individual rights

  • US 9,129,087 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2011
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining whether a group of users are authorized to view a content asset together, the method comprising:

  • identifying, with control circuitry, first and second users that are each within a viewing proximity of a shared display device, wherein identifying comprises determining that the first and second users are able to simultaneously view the content asset on the shared display device, and wherein a shared media equipment device outputs the content asset to the shared display device;

    retrieving, from a storage device, first content authorization information associated with the first user and second content authorization information associated with the second user;

    determining whether the first and second users are authorized to view the content asset based on the retrieved first and second content authorization information, wherein viewing the content asset requires a predetermined authorization;

    enabling viewing of the content asset on the shared display device in response to determining that the first and second users are both authorized to view the content asset; and

    restricting viewing of the content asset on the shared display device in response to determining that the second user is not authorized to view the content asset.

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