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Automated device authorizaton and deauthorization

  • US 9,514,287 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2014
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • verifying, with a processor, a user account for content delivery with a rolling slot configuration, the rolling slot configuration having a maximum quantity of available slots for devices authorized to receive content, the rolling slot configuration having a plurality of ordered slots that are ordered from lowest to highest based upon priority, wherein the priority determines maintenance of the devices in the rolling slot configuration;

    receiving a request for content from the user account at a device;

    automatically registering the device in an available slot of the rolling slot configuration based upon a determination of slot availability, the available slot having a higher priority than at least a portion of a remainder of the plurality of ordered slots associated with previously assigned devices;

    automatically assigning the device a first priority that is based on a position of the available slot in the rolling slot configuration;

    authorizing the device to play content associated with a user entitlement;

    automatically deauthorizing the device to play the content if the maximum quantity of available slots is filled and a deauthorization parameter is met for the device, wherein the device is deauthorized if one or more additional deauthorization parameters are met for one or more additional devices in the rolling slot configuration and the first priority has a lower priority than corresponding priorities of the one or more additional devices;

    removing a registration of the device from the available slot after the deauthorization of the device; and

    moving a registration of the additional device to the available slot.

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