Patent ID: 8185475
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A device initialization method comprising: transmitting a license request for a personal media device to a media distribution system, the personal media device being associated with a subscription; receiving a device license for the personal media device from the media distribution system responsive to transmitting the license request, the device license including, verifying the integrity of the device license using the digital signature and the licensing service digital certificate; determining whether the subscription associated with the personal media device has expired using a system clock associated with the personal media device, the system clock being synchronized with a system time of the media distribution system using the system time indicator; providing for rendering media content of the media distribution system on the personal media device when the integrity of the device license is verified and the subscription associated with the personal media device has not expired.