Patent ID: 11914734
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A digital rights management system comprising:
a receiving device for receiving an encryption key request from a client device;
a transmitting device for transmitting the encryption key to the client device;
a first database for storing a set of supported security capabilities corresponding to client device;
a second database for storing a set of required security capabilities corresponding to at least one of the encryption key and content associated with the encryption key; and
a processing device configured to:
identify, in the first database, the set of supported security capabilities corresponding to the client device, the set of supported security capabilities identified by a decryption key identification that refers to a key pair comprising a public key and a private key;
identify, in the second database, the set of required security capabilities corresponding to the content associated with the encryption key;
determine if the set of supported security capabilities satisfy the set of required security capabilities; and
in response to determining that the supported security capabilities satisfy the set of required security capabilities, transmit the encryption key to the client device via the transmitting device.