Patent ID: 9071856
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining an audience rule to be applied for delivering content, wherein the audience rule specifies an audience that is defined based on a combination of device properties, content properties, and digital rights management (DRM) properties; determining a device group associated with a group of devices, wherein devices in the device group are associated with content authorization properties, device properties, and digital rights management (DRM) properties; and applying, by a computing device, the audience rule to the device group to determine any devices in the group of devices in which a content authorization for a device should be altered based on analyzing the content authorization properties, device properties, and digital rights management (DRM) properties of the device group and the combination of device properties, content properties, and digital rights management (DRM) properties of the audience rule, wherein the altering determination for a device is determined when the group of devices is changed so that they have content associated with a different DRM property, content authorization properties, or device properties, wherein the altering determination is made after the DRM properties are initially established when the DRM properties are later modified, and are further made prior to receipt of a request for play of content by a device in the group of devices; and wherein determining if affected content authorizations should be altered in the affected device groups comprises: