Patent ID: 9239912
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,G11B,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving and storing a web authentication token as a result of logging into a website; subsequent to storing the web authentication token, employing a media stack that is part of a client browser to initiate playback of media content accessed via a hypertext markup language (HTML) media element; employing the media stack to determine whether the media content is protected; generating, responsive to a determination by the media stack that the media content is protected, a request message requesting a license for playback of the media content; combining the web authentication token into the generated request message by encrypting the web authentication token into the request message, the combining comprising: sending the request message with the encrypted web authentication token to a server; receiving the license for playback of the media content from the server in response to the request message; and sending the received license to the media stack.