Patent ID: 8887261
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: verifying authentication information provided by a user of a content provider; receiving, based on the verification, an authentication fingerprint of a workstation associated with the user of the content provider; receiving, electronically, a request for a digital transmission content protection certificate from the user of the content provider, the digital transmission content protection certificate permitting access to content stored on a content provider device comprising one of a set-top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), and a consumer electronic device (CE), wherein the request comprises the authentication fingerprint and an identifier associated with the content provider device; retrieving, based at least in part on the authentication fingerprint of the request, a stored identifier associated with the content provider device of the user; verifying, by at least one computer processor, based at least in part on the request, user information associated with the user of the content provider, wherein verifying the user information comprises determining whether the user of the content provider qualifies for the digital transmission content protection certificate based at least in part on the user needing to access content stored on the content provider device and having a matching received identifier to the retrieved identifier; providing, electronically, the request for the digital transmission content protection certificate to a digital transmission content protection certificate system upon determining that the user qualifies for the digital transmission content protection certificate; and receiving, electronically, the digital transmission content protection certificate from the digital transmission content protection certificate system based upon the request.