Patent ID: 9237310
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing digital content according to a workflow, the method comprising, at a hardware processing device, (a) receiving, by the hardware processing device comprising a processing device identifier, a content file including the digital content, an identifier of a device that most recently processed the digital content and a header; (b) sending, by the hardware processing device, to a second device a content identifier for the digital content, the identifier of a device that most recently processed the digital content and the processing device identifier; (c) receiving, by the hardware processing device, a response signal from the second device authorising the hardware processing device to process the content, the authorization based on workflow auxiliary information for the digital content corresponding to the content identifier, wherein the workflow auxiliary information comprises at least one action that may be applied to the digital content by the hardware processing device and a determination that the processing device identifier corresponds to an identifier of a device following the device that most recently processed the digital content in the workflow; and if the hardware processing device is authorized to process the content: