Patent ID: 9507919
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for communicating rules and requirements for a digital license of corresponding digital content from a receiver including a tuner to a computing device programmed to render the digital content, the rules and requirements specifying whether a user of the corresponding digital content has rights to render the corresponding digital content based on any of several factors, the method comprising: the receiver receiving, from a distributor, a combined signal comprising multiple streams of digital content wherein each of the multiple streams includes digital content and information including a shortened version of rules and requirements for a digital license governing use of the digital content in the respective stream; the receiver tuning the corresponding digital content from the combined signal; the receiver locating within each stream the information including the shortened version of the rules and requirements for the digital license governing the use of the corresponding digital content; the receiver constructing the rules and requirements from the located information and sending such constructed requirements to the computing device; and the computing device receiving the constructed requirements, constructing the digital license based on such received rules and requirements, storing such constructed digital license in a license store of such computing device, and thereafter rendering the corresponding digital content only in accordance with the digital license.