Patent ID: 9740843
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for providing a license to a user for accessing a protected content on a user device, comprising: transmitting user login data from the user device to a user account server connected to the user device through a communication network; retrieving from the user account server, user identification data based on the user login data, the user identification data identifying the user in the user account server and not including the user login data; transmitting the user identification data not including the user login data from the user account server to a license server connected to the user device and the user account server through a communication network, only when the user login data corresponds to a valid user account on the user account server; checking at the license server, whether the user identified by the user identification data transmitted from the user account server is entitled to the license; and transmitting the license from the license server to the user device only when the user identified by the user identification data transmitted from the user account server is deemed entitled to the license.