Patent ID: 9338160
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device executing a first certificate checkin service (CCS), a first set of usage data relating to content of a content provider consumed by a client of a cloud provider network; aggregating, by the first CCS, the first set of usage data with a plurality of additional sets of usage data received from a plurality of downstream CCSs to form an aggregated set of usage data; providing the aggregated set of usage data to a parent CCS for provisioning to a plurality of upstream parent CCSs for delivery of the aggregated set of usage data to the content provider; providing, by the first CCS to the parent CCS, a request for entitlement data relating to the cloud provider network; receiving, via each of the plurality of upstream parent CCSs, the entitlement data from the content provider; storing, by the first CCS, the entitlement data; and determining, by the processing device executing the first CCS, if the client is entitled to consume the content in view of the entitlement data.