Patent ID: 8788813
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a media device, a first certificate associated with a first user from a personal identification device after the first user is biometrically-authenticated at the personal identification device, the first certificate having a subscription privilege associated with the first user; decrypting, at the media device, an encrypted string received from the personal identification device, the encrypted string being based on a string sent from the media device to the personal identification device and encrypted by the personal identification device using a private key uniquely associated with the first certificate; verifying, at the media device, an authenticity of the first certificate when the decrypted string matches the string sent from the media device to the personal identification device; receiving, at the media device, a second certificate from the personal identification device after the first user is biometrically-authenticated at the personal identification device, the second certificate being associated with a second user and having a plurality of subscription privileges including the subscription privilege, the first certificate being based on the second certificate; and receiving, at the media device, media from a media provider based on the first certificate after the second certificate is received at the media device and the first certificate is verified, the media provider preventing the media associated with the first certificate from being sent to the media device until the second certificate is received at the media device and the first certificate is verified.