Patent ID: 11956323
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. An account server configured to enable a computing device associated with a user account to access content provided by a content server, the account server comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the account server to perform steps that include:
receiving, from the computing device, a request to access the content;
determining that the computing device is permitted to access the content; and
providing, to the computing device, conditional access information (CAI) for receiving the content from the content server, wherein the CAI:
(1) includes (i) a session information that indicates at least the content is accessible to the computing device for a threshold period of time, and (ii) an owner ID that indicates the CAI originates from the account server, wherein the session information and the owner ID enable the content server to determine that user account is authorized to access the content, and
(2) causes the computing device to provide the CAI to the content server to provoke the content server to enable the computing device to play back the content by:
providing an encryption key to the computing device over a first communication link, and
providing the content to the computing device over a second communication link that is distinct from the first communication link, wherein the content is in an encrypted form that can be decrypted for play back by the computing device using the encryption key.