Patent ID: 8966115
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: generating an execution chain descriptor (ECD) corresponding to a digital content, wherein the ECD specifies requirements for a transmission and rendering of the digital content; cryptographically binding the ECD to the digital content; evaluating, with respect to the ECD, a potential path for the transmission and rendering of the digital content; transmitting and rendering the digital content via the potential path in response to a determination, based on the evaluating, that the potential path meets the requirements specified in the ECD; receiving a second ECD cryptographically bound to the digital content once the transmission and rendering has been initiated; evaluating the potential path for the transmission and rendering of the digital content with respect to the second ECD; and discontinuing to transmit and render the digital content via the potential path in response to a determination, based upon the evaluating with respect to the second ECD, that the potential path does not meet the requirements specified in the second ECD.